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Illinois Soybean Farmers Want Resolution To US-China Trade War

China is halting all deals for US farm products, which is bad news for soybean farmers in the Midwest. Illinois produces more soybeans than almost any other state, and China is one of its biggest buyers.

By  Mariah Woelfel and Alyssa Edes
   
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The US-China trade war has escalated sharply, with President Trump declaring new tariffs on some $300 billion dollars of Chinese goods, and China halting all deals for US farm products.

This is bad news for farmers -- especially soybean farmers in the Midwest. Illinois produces more soybeans than almost any other state, and China is one of its biggest buyers.

WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel talked with Austin Rincker, a fourth-generation soybean farmer in Moweaqua , Illinois about how the trade war is affecting him.

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