Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 2/5/19

Soybeans account for less than 1 percent of all the goods and services the United States sells the rest of the world. But somehow the humble legumes are upstaging weightier, thornier issues as the Trump administration tackles trade disputes with China, the European Union and other trading partners. Critics worry that focusing on getting foreigners to buy soybeans and other U.S. goods is a distraction from the push them to make deeper economic reforms that would offer longer-lasting benefits to the United States.

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