As trade war escalates, Trump hints at a second round of farm bailouts
Update: After we published this story, the USDA updated its payment figures. Farmers have received $8.52 billion in aid as of May 15, 2019. The stock market had its worst day in months Monday, as China...
View ArticleTrump administration announces $16 billion in trade aid payments
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday announced details of a second round of farm bailout payments for farmers affected by increased tariffs in the ongoing trade dispute...
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Four farms have received more than $1 million each in Trump trade war bailout...
UPDATE 6/6/2019: After this story published, we received more specific information from USDA in response to a request we submitted via the Freedom of Information Act. The payment data we received did...
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JBS a big winner in USDA trade war relief contracts
A Brazilian-owned meat processing company undercut its competition by more than $1 per pound to win nearly $78 million in pork contracts through a federal program launched to help American farmers...
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USDA gave almost 100 percent of Trump’s trade war bailout to white farmers
Last July, the Trump administration announced a major new subsidy program designed to help farmers weather America’s ongoing trade war with China. That initiative—dubbed the Market Facilitation...
View ArticleWhy farmers can kiss their China market goodbye
American farmers and manufacturers shouldn’t expect relief from a burgeoning trade war with China until President Donald Trump is gone from the White House. The Chinese on August 5 ordered a halt to...
View ArticleCity dwellers continue to collect bailout money meant for farmers
Trade war bailout money intended to support farmers and ranchers is flowing into the hands of more than 9,000 city-dwellers, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)....
View ArticleThe 4-month-long tomato trade dispute with Mexico is ending, but at what cost...
The Great Tomato Trade War of 2019 appears to be coming to an end, but the impacts on the $2 billion tomato import business and on tomato-loving shoppers countrywide remain to be seen. Last week, the...
View ArticleMidwest farmers have taken a beating from the U.S.-China trade wars. Why are...
America’s farmers have borne the brunt of China’s retaliation in the trade war that President Donald Trump launched in 2018. One reason: China is the biggest buyer of many U.S. agricultural products,...
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Trump wants to use trade war bailout funds to buoy Maine’s lobster industry
In a new executive order, he instructs officials to extend trade aid money to lobstermen, and to monitor Chinese purchases of American seafood. President Donald Trump signed an executive order this...
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Most U.S. farmers remain loyal to Trump despite pain from trade wars and...
New research gives little indication that American farmers have soured on the president since 2016. U.S. farmers have suffered a lot in the past few years: The trade war with China, natural disasters,...
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