Source: Ned Barnett, NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/18/19


In President Trump’s trade war with China, one of the battlegrounds is North Carolina. In response to U.S. tariffs, China has imposed tariffs on products that are key to North Carolina’s farm economy — soybeans, pork and poultry. Soybean farmers, in particular, have been feeling the effect for a year since China imposed a 25 percent retaliatory tariff on U.S. soybeans. Although most of North Carolina’s soybeans are sold in-state as livestock feed…

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