Source: Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8/6/19

President Donald Trump on Tuesday promised farmers that China’s increasing aggression against U.S. agriculture in the spiraling trade war “will not be able to hurt them” – and vowed that “if necessary” he will give them more aid in 2020. The Trump administration has already given out billions of dollars in bailouts to farmers threatened by America’s tit-for-tat tariffs with China. In May, the Agriculture Department unveiled a $16 billion aid package.

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