US farmers speak out against Trump's trade policy

China tensions and COVID hit agriculture -- and chip away at a key support base

20200806 US Soybean farmer

President Donald Trump's onging trade war and inflammatory rhetoric toward China has come back to haunt American farmers. © AFP/Jiji

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Christopher Gibbs, a soybean farmer based in Ohio, voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 with high hopes for better policy. But now Gibbs, along with many others, says he is disappointed.

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