Source: REUTERS, 5/31/19

Smithfield Foods, a subsidiary of China’s WH Group, said on Friday it would not take money the U.S. farm aid program designed to offset losses from Washington’s trade war with Beijing. Nine Democratic senators, including two 2020 presidential hopefuls, published a letter on Wednesday urging the Trump administration to ensure taxpayer-funded trade assistance did not benefit foreign companies.

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