Trade and Tariffs
Harvest of Discontent: Trump’s trade war and the rural fight for survival
September 19, 2019Meanwhile, fifteen members of Trump’s personal Agriculture and Rural Advisory Committee have received over $2 million in bailout payments.
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Mexico’s López Obrador indicts Trump: Tariffs and border walls won’t work
June 7, 2019Social problems are not resolved by turning a neighboring country overnight into a ghetto.
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U.S.-China trade war: Emergency subsidies mostly going to wealthy farmers
June 5, 2019It's not the mom-and-pop farms getting help from the Trump administration--it's big agribusiness.
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U.S.-China trade war: The fight to save America’s farmland
May 22, 2019"Farmers helped elect this President…and now he’s turning his back on them when they need him the most.”
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Trump’s trade war against China won’t help U.S. workers
May 16, 2019Capitalist globalization and its race to the bottom wasn’t good for workers, but Trump’s approach isn’t going to deliver the goods either.
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