Daily Updates — published: 4/10/2018
Amid trade fight, Trump says he’ll ‘make it up’ to farmers
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that farmers could be adversely affected by the escalating tariff dispute with China but promised to make it up to them, saying they “will be better off than they ever were.”
Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, Trump addressed the Chinese threat to slap tariffs on soybeans and other agriculture staples grown in rural America, a move that could hit Midwestern farmers, many of whom are strong supporters of the president.
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