Trade Wars Hit Cherry Growers Hard
September 6, 2018
Last April, Washington wheat, apple and cherry growers hoped U.S. and China trade negotiators would resolve differences and prevent imposition of damaging tariffs on our state’s leading crops. Unfortunately, that did not happen, and the costs are adding up.
Thousands of Washington farmers now find themselves on the front lines of a battle between the two largest economies in the world.
Here’s what has happened so far.
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion of Chinese imports to punish China for its alleged predatory tactics toward American technolo...
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