Shutdown hits American farmers already hurt by China trade war
by Chris McGreal in Kansas City, Missouri from Economics | The Guardian on (#46KNM)
Closure of agriculture department offices could not have come at a worse time for farmers awaiting emergency federal aid
Just as American farmers thought Donald Trump had rescued them from the economic consequences of his trade war with China, along came the government shutdown.
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