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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