Soyeans big weapon in trade war

Soybean farmer displays handfuls of his crop. Because of Trump’s tariffs, soybean farmers have lost their biggest market, China.

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Soybeans may not seem all that useful in a war. Nonetheless they’ve become China’s most important weapon in its ever-worsening trade conflict with the U.S.

China, the world’s biggest soybeans buyer, purchasing any from U.S. markets in retaliation for the Trump administration raising tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese goods. This is bad news for American farmers.

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