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American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist explains

  • Written by Amanda M. Countryman, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Colorado State University
Farmer Michael Petefish walks through one of his soybean fields in southern Minnesota.AP Photo/Jim Mone

The Trump administration plans to give American farmers and ranchers hurt by the current trade war US$12 billion in emergency relief to mitigate the impact of tariffs on their exports.

While this may lessen the blow of an already struggling...

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