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Chinese tariffs are hitting this farmer鈥檚 paycheck

Soya farmers like Phil Sidles have seen prices for their soya beans fall sharply 鈥� down around 20 percent since May, not long after China announced retaliatory tariffs on American soya. But even though the trade war is hitting Sidles鈥� bottom line he鈥檚 hanging on. He trusts that President Trump鈥檚 business savvy and tough trade policies will eventually pay off.

(Illinois farmer Phil Sidles stands in his soybean fields. Credit: Jason Margolis/PRI)

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