Export Trends Year-End USDA Data Shows Trade Winners and Losers Following delays caused by the 35-day partial U.S. government shutdown, USDA has now managed to update its reports regarding U.S. agricultural exports through the end of 2018. A look at the total figures reveal some surprising findings about which products have suffered from China’s retaliatory tariffs and which have continued to thrive. Interestingly, the data seems to suggest that certain U.S. states, perhaps for political reasons, have not seen their agricultural products suffer the loss of market access as much as others have. China’s central government did suggest last spring that its responses to the Trump administrations tariffs on its goods could be aimed...
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