'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.

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