PoliticoTrump tariffs sting farmers, businesses from sea to shining sea

Here's a round-up of some of the complaints about Donald Trump’s tariffs heard on Capitol Hill in recent weeks

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The administration’s aid package has been popular with voters, particularly in rural areas, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Photo: AFP

Published: 3:14pm, 2 Aug 2018Updated: 3:14pm, 2 Aug 2018

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Doug Palmer on politico.com on August 1, 2018.

As US President Donald Trump prepares to continue ratcheting up tariffs, the duties he has already imposed on $34 billion worth of goods from China and around $50 billion worth of steel and aluminium exports from around the world are causing pain across the United States.

That's already prompted Trump to promise $12 billion in assistance to help farmers who have been hit with retaliatory duties on their exports to China, the European Union and other key markets. The aid package has been popular with voters, particularly in rural areas, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. But the same poll also showed that most voters in farm states prefer free trade and better access to markets over subsidies.

So far, the administration has no plans to extend that aid to other adversely affected sectors, which the US Chamber of Commerce estimated this week could cost another $27 billion.

Here's a round-up of some of the complaints about Trump's tariffs heard on Capitol Hill in recent weeks:

KANSAS – $361 million of exports threatened by retaliatory tariffs

China’s retaliatory tariffs on nearly all agricultural imports from the United States have hurt Kansas farmers like Stacey and David Forshee, who raise cattle and grow soybeans, corn and wheat on their farm in the north-central part of the state, Republican Senator Jerry Moran (Kansas) said last week during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Here's a round-up of some of the complaints about Donald Trump’s tariffs heard on Capitol Hill in recent weeks

KANSAS – $361 million of exports threatened by retaliatory tariffs

Here's a round-up of some of the complaints about Donald Trump’s tariffs heard on Capitol Hill in recent weeks