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WORLD FOCUS: HURT BUT STILL LOYAL TO TRUMP
China market lost, but farmers can cope with government help
Soya bean farmers in the battleground state of Iowa, America's biggest soya bean-producing state, have become collateral damage in the US-China trade war. But even as some blame President Donald Trump, most lean towards voting for him again in 2020. US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh reports.
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The United States-China trade war has triggered a permanent redirecting and restructuring of the global soya bean market, said Iowa Soybean Association chief executive Kirk Leeds.
American soya bean producers, rendered uncompetitive by China's 25 per cent tariff on soya beans in retaliation for the Trump administration's tariffs on Chinese products, have lost the Chinese market.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 23, 2019, with the headline China market lost, but farmers can cope with government help. Subscribe
