'America First' group works to ban Chinese farmland ownership at state level

Trump-inspired think tank offers model legislation in absence of national restrictions

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A research farm owned by biotech company Syngenta near Junction City, Kansas. Syngenta recently was ordered to sell farmland in Arkansas as concerns mount over foreign ownership of agricultural land. © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

WASHINGTON -- The America First Policy Institute, a think tank inspired by former President Donald Trump, is working to enact U.S. state laws aimed at banning foreign ownership -- especially Chinese ownership -- of agricultural land.

Adam Savit, director of the China Policy Initiative at AFPI, told Nikkei Asia in an interview that the game plan is to share model legislation among states to ensure smooth passage of the bills.

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