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Trump's Billion-Dollar Bailout Aims to Rescue Farmers
10/5/2025
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- A proposed multi-billion-dollar bailout targets American farmers amid President Donald Trump's trade war.
- The U.S. soybean industry has been hit by China's tariffs and lost export market.
- China typically buys 60% of global soybean exports but has redirected to Argentina and Brazil.
- Iowa farmers harvest 550 million bushels with no China sales as Trump plans to meet Xi Jinping.
