Key commodity exports plunge as Trump’s trade war bites
By Ben Berkowitz and Monica Eng, Axios
Sales to China of key commodities, like soybeans and pork, are plunging as the trade war begins to impact the domestic economy.
Why it matters: U.S. farmers export more than $176 billion in agricultural products annually — almost 10% of which is just soybean and pork shipments to China.
- Losing even a fraction of those exports for the long term could be economically devastating.


