4mo ago

Trade war, tariffs 'full-blown crisis already,' U.S. farm exporters say

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U.S. agriculture isn't nearing a trade war tariff crisis, it's in a 'full-blown crisis already,' farmers say

Welcome to the permanent crisis y'all voted for.

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4mo ago

Trade war, tariffs 'full-blown crisis already,' U.S. farm exporters say

www.cnbc.com /2025/04/28/trade-war-tariffs-full-blown-crisis-us-farm-exporters-say.html

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4mo ago

Attention USA: U.S. agriculture isn't nearing a trade war tariff crisis, it's in a 'full-blown crisis already,' farmers say in late April 2025. We The People need to assert goodness on the world stage

www.cnbc.com /2025/04/28/trade-war-tariffs-full-blown-crisis-us-farm-exporters-say.html

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4mo ago

Agriculture isn't nearing trade war tariffs crisis, 'it is full blown crisis already' farmers say

www.cnbc.com /2025/04/28/trade-war-tariffs-full-blown-crisis-us-farm-exporters-say.html

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I will never understand why soy farmers, a huge majority of Midwest farmers, would be in favor of annoying China, the number one purchaser of soy. Granted I also don't know why they make fun of soy when it drives their economy.
- Culture-war hate overrules self-interest.
- Making fun of soy, then not realizing it's the number 1 component of all the products you eat
- In one word: Narcissism.
The Orange Turd is flushing us down the drain.
- he already did it in his first term, why not a second one.
  and trump has emphasized"republicans are easier to manipulate"
The graphs in the article do not align with what the article is saying… unless I just don’t understand the graphs.
- They are related but only loosely. They don't use friendly language, e.g. "Waterborne containerized agriculture exports" is technically accurate but not as intuitive or useful as "American soybean exports" would have been if they had focused on something more tangible and specific.
- If you're referencing the bar graphs towards the end, I think that's more explained by considering the full tonnage sent vs specific industries. In a paragraph or two before them, it shows exporters are worried about more expensive goods being prioritized. People are also presumably buying up what they can in case it gets worse. So tonnage may be similar still, but specific goods may be down and it may be a "false" baseline being shown currently.

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