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WASHINGTON—Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) defended President Donald Trump’s 104 percent total tariffs that will be imposed on Chinese imports at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday.
“Three out of five rows of beans go to China,” Van Orden told The Epoch Times. “We have to—we are in the process of changing the global trade markets, and our farmers will be made whole.”
When asked how long farmers can bear out the impacts, Van Orden said they “were made whole in 2018, and we’re still in business.”…
China Will Be Hit With 104 Percent Tariffs at Midnight; US Starts Negotiating With Top Partners
