Chapter 29: The Economy, Trade, and Farmers
The Trump administration does not have any active plans to provide more aid to farmers at the moment but can consider the option if the trade negotiations and weak commodity prices linger, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday.
As farmer incomes fall, bankruptcies and suicides rise, Trump’s Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue couldn’t stop laughing at his own joke mocking them as “whiners.”
As farmer incomes fall, bankruptcies and suicides rise, Trump’s Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue couldn’t stop laughing at his own joke mocking them as “whiners.”
"We need strong leadership to negotiate trade with other countries and trade policies that serve workers, not multinational companies that send jobs overseas."
Trump’s claim to economic wizardry easily falls apart... Donald Trump routinely claims he “built the greatest economy in the history of the world.” It is a claim rarely challenged in the mainstream media. If true, it would be at least part of a possible claim for re-election. But is it true?There are five things we need to know to evaluate Trump’s claim to economic wizardry.
China’s Ministry of Commerce released a statement condemning the U.S. move, asserting the United States had “violated the WTO rules and launched the largest trade war in economic history to date.”
Trump is rewarding farmers who supported his campaign by demanding that they take a massive hit for him. And he's offering nothing but empty promises in return.
The president's policies are ruining farmers' livelihood and destroying their communities.
Bob Kuylen, vice president of the North Dakota Farmer’s Union, says he lost $400,000 because of Pres. Trump's trade war with China. He says farmers have "pretty much lost all of our markets since Trump took over."
President Trump has hailed the new US-China agreement as a victory for farmers. So what do they think?
U.S. farmers are frustrated that the trade war is hurting "the single greatest sales opportunity in our industry’s history."
My relatives on our family farm in Indiana face another nervous growing season if China waits out Donald Trump on trade until after the 2020 election.
Farmers are slamming Donald Trump over his trade war with China, arguing that despite payouts, the tariffs are cutting off one of their key export markets.
Holding American farmers hostage as a bargaining chip in a trade war is offensive and dangerous.
U.S. farmers are frustrated that the trade war is hurting "the single greatest sales opportunity in our industry’s history."
Trump is rewarding farmers who supported his campaign by demanding that they take a massive hit for him. And he's offering nothing but empty promises in return.
President Donald Trump says, often, that he loves America's farmers.
American farmers, among Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters, face mounting financial pain from the president’s trade war with China and the growing risk that the damage will outlast the conflict.