Trade War Reactions

10 Angry Tweets About Trump's Tariffs

5 April 2018 - Wouter Baan

Farmers in the United States (US) are angry and outraged as US President Donald Trump has started a trade war with China. How are the reactions on Twitter? 

1. Are American Farmers the Biggest Losers of These trade war? 

2. The soy futures (CBoT) lost sharply on Wednesday 4 April. 

3. Trump's (farmers-) supporters get a lot of kicking on Twitter. 

4. And again... 

5. And again... 

6. American pig farmers hope the charge expires soon. 

7. The export importance is great: 1 in 3 plant rows (soy) in the US is for the Chinese market.  

8. Is the acreage reduction a sting for the bleeding? 

9. Despite the levy, the work of the US Soybean Export Council continues. 

10. With import tariffs there is always 1 loser, does this mean there are 2 winners without taxes? 

 

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Wouter Job

Wouter Baan is editor-in-chief of Boerenbusiness. He also focuses on dairy, pig and meat markets. He also follows (business) developments within agribusiness and interviews CEOs and policymakers.

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