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Trade war tariffs, shipping fees could deal crushing blow to US farmers

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American farmers are getting caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war.
China’s 34% across-the-board tariffs on US goods, announced on April 4, and the 50% tariffs announced today will come on top of the 10–15% duties on a broad range of agricultural products announced in March.

That makes...