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Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by ByJulie Hirschfeld Davis July 24, 2018 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday will announce up to $12 billion in emergency relief for farmers negatively impacted by the president’s trade war, according to two people familiar with the plans, in an effort to insulate food producers from looming financial losses that would be a direct result of Mr. Trump’s policies. The aid to farmers, to be announced by the United States Department of Agriculture, would come through a direct assistance program, one designed to help with food purchase and distribution, and one specifically geared toward promoting trade, according to one of the people. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not have authorization to pre-empt a planned announcement later Tuesday. The move is an indication that … [Read more...] about Farmers to Receive Up to $12 Billion to Ease Pain From Trump’s Trade War

close Video Trump: We're now in the midst of a great economic revival President Trump on the state of the economy and efforts to improve U.S. trade deals. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will grant up to $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs in the ongoing trade fight with China and other American trading partners. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said that the plan, which will provide direct assistance and other temporary relief for farmers through the USDA’s commodity program, is meant as a stopgap measure that will give Trump time to negotiate a long-term policy with China, the European Union and others. The plan was announced as Trump spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in Kansas City, where he urged patience in dealing with the tariffs and claimed that “farmers will be the biggest beneficiary” of the trade deals in the end. “Farmers will be the biggest … [Read more...] about Trump announces emergency aid for farmers hurt by trade war, says they’ll win in the end

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