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Default Harvesting in a trade war: U.S. crops rot as storage costs soar

On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 3:41:58 AM UTC-5, Bod wrote:
(Reuters) - U.S. farmers finishing their harvests are facing a big
problem - where to put the mountain of grain they cannot sell to Chinese
buyers.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUKKCN1NQ0GA

"trade wars are easy to win" I wonder who said that.
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Bod


No problem. Trump can just give the farmers another $6 bil in welfare,
using borrowed money. Ironic that the Chinese govt is among the buyers
of US debt. We could be selling them grains for cash, instead Trump is
selling them bonds and giving the farmers welfare. That's the new Amerika.