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发帖数: 1 | 1 https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Agriculture/US-farmers-speak-out-against-
Trump-s-trade-policy
US farmers speak out against Trump's trade policy
China tensions and COVID hit agriculture -- and chip away at a key support
base
MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer
August 13, 2020 19:00 JST
NEW YORK -- Christopher Gibbs, a soybean farmer based in Ohio, voted for
President Donald Trump in 2016 with high hopes for better policy. But now
Gibbs, along with many others, says he is disappointed.
"The president promised better trade deals, but that was all smoke and
mirrors," Gibbs told the Nikkei Asian Review. "What we didn't anticipate was
that the president would destroy all of these trading relationships that U.
S. farmers have built over the past three decades, particularly in China."
In 2016, the rural vote and agricultural support helped Trump into the White
House. But as his trade war and antagonism toward China continue to
devastate farmers' business, and his pandemic response leaves rural
communities in limbo, the question is how much of that support will hold up
this November.
Last week, 38 farmers and rural community leaders from six swing states --
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- launched a
campaign called Rural America 2020.
The nonprofit organization aims to "spread the word about the Trump
Administration's rural community failures, give a voice to rural communities
, and provide policy solutions for a stronger rural America," according to
the organization's website. Rural America 2020 also encourages farmers
across the country to tell their own story and grievances with the current
administration.
Much recent disappointment is related to the phase one trade deal inked in
January, in which Beijing pledged to expand its purchases of U.S. farm
products.
"Agriculture as a whole put all of our eggs in that basket, they put all of
their hope on rekindling trade with China that we had lost two years of,"
Gibbs said.
But then the coronavirus hit.
U.S. soybean exports to China, which neared 1.8 million tons in January,
plunged in the following months, going as low as roughly 160,000 tons in
June, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This
compares to last summer when, in the midst of trade talks, soybean exports
regularly topped 1 million tons a month.
"Up till now, the Chinese are way behind, and it appears they'll have little
chance in making up the sales that they committed to," Gibbs said of the
phase one deal.
Some farmers are holding out hope for autumn, China's normal buying season.
"We're waiting to see how this fall goes. Typically, [China] buys the
biggest percentage of the soybeans right after our harvest or during our
harvest," said Joel Schreurs, a soybean farmer from southwest Minnesota. "It
's concerning, but I got to believe that all the people that are in charge
hopefully have the best interest of the U.S. at heart."
But some experts are, like Gibbs, more skeptical.
"The numbers suggest China is making a good-faith effort to try to live up
to its purchasing commitments, but it's simply unrealistic in the current
economic environment," said Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on
Foreign Relations. "Those targets would have been very ambitious, even
without the interruption from the pandemic. ... Those are just targets that
are not going to be met."
Making matters worse, the pandemic has also devastated the U.S. services
sector, hitting demand from the food industry, the other key customer for
American farmers.
In the year through March, 627 family farms in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy
, a 23% increase from the previous year, according to U.S. courts statistics
. Wisconsin, a state known for dairy and ginseng productions, lead the
bankruptcies.
Overproduction coupled with the lack of market access caused milk prices to
drop below farmers' break-even level.
"If you look at the last three years, we've lost over 2,000 dairy farms in
the state of Wisconsin," said Darin Von Ruden, a third-generation dairy
farmer based in Westby, in western Wisconsin. "So really the Trump
administration exacerbated a growing problem that's been happening. ... We'
re not able to get a price that we need to sustain the farms." | o*******t
发帖数: 1 | | I****s
发帖数: 1167 | 3 估计川粉眼里这些红脖都是卖国贼。还敢种大豆给tg，这不是资敌吗？ 为了美国利益
，他们就应该自己销毁大豆，主动跟中共分割，尼玛还敢抱怨政府？这些美奸。
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【在 o*******t 的大作中提到】
: US farmers 都是左臂，关门，放老色狼
| o*******t
发帖数: 1 | 4 Chris from Ohio is a farmer, Trump voter, and lifelong Republican - hear why
he will be voting Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblNMWrwlsQ
这个人就是 Christopher Gibbs，老色狼的任务来了，go after him | o*******t
发帖数: 1 | 5
都是左臂装的
【在 I****s 的大作中提到】
: 估计川粉眼里这些红脖都是卖国贼。还敢种大豆给tg，这不是资敌吗？ 为了美国利益
: ，他们就应该自己销毁大豆，主动跟中共分割，尼玛还敢抱怨政府？这些美奸。
:
: - Trump-s-trade-policy
: was that the president would destroy all of these trading relationships that
: U.
: White
: up
: communities, and provide policy solutions for a stronger rural America,"
: according to
| o*******t
发帖数: 1 | 6 US farmers 里左臂很多啊
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/08/11/local-lawrence-county-farmer-
invited-to-speak-to-the-democratic-national-convention/
Lawrence Co. Farmer Voted For Trump In 2016. He Is Now Backing Biden And Was
Invited To Speak At Democratic Convention
Rick Telesz says all Pennsylvania farmers are hurting.
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) — A Lawrence County farmer has been invited to
speak at the Democratic National Convention next week.
Rick Telesz says he voted for Donald Trump four years ago, but this year he
’s backing Joe Biden. Telesz, of Volant, is a soybean and dairy farmer. He
’s more comfortable with the cows and tractor on his 700-acre farm than the
national stage.
“I’m not active in politics, none whatsoever,” Telesz told KDKA political
editor Jon Delano.
In 2016, Telesz says he supported Trump like many others in his Democratic
county that voted for Trump.
“There wasn’t anything he said that sounded like he was going to hurt
agriculture. It sounded like he was for the working class, the middle man,
and I gave him a chance,” Telesz said.
But Telesz says Trump’s trade war with China and tariffs on soybeans, one
of the state’s top exports, is killing his family farm.
Telesz: I am looking at upwards of 40 percent hit from the tariffs.
Delano: Forty percent hit? That’s a lot.
Telesz: Oh, and it’s devastating.
And he says almost all Pennsylvania farmers are hurting.
“It doesn’t have to be a soybean farmer, it doesn’t have to be a dairy
farmer. Anybody involved in agriculture, it’s had a negative effect,” said
Telesz.
So how does he feel about the invitation to speak about this to a national
audience?
“I’m flattered, truly flattered. And I seriously do ask myself, why me?”
Telesz said.
Telesz is the kind of Trump voter that Biden needs to carry the state. He’s
one of those voters who votes the person, not the party.
Telesz is not sure when exactly he will speak to the Democratic Convention
or if it will be in person or via teleconferencing. But the speech will be
short, perhaps just a minute.
One way or the other, this farmer from Lawrence County will certainly get a
national spotlight. | j****3
发帖数: 2836 | 7 两边都同时展开了轰轰烈烈的walk away行动，LOL...
【在 o*******t 的大作中提到】
: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Agriculture/US-farmers-speak-out-against-
: Trump-s-trade-policy
: US farmers speak out against Trump's trade policy
: China tensions and COVID hit agriculture -- and chip away at a key support
: base
: MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer
: August 13, 2020 19:00 JST
: NEW YORK -- Christopher Gibbs, a soybean farmer based in Ohio, voted for
: President Donald Trump in 2016 with high hopes for better policy. But now
: Gibbs, along with many others, says he is disappointed.
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 8 Very well said indeed.
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【在 I****s 的大作中提到】
: 估计川粉眼里这些红脖都是卖国贼。还敢种大豆给tg，这不是资敌吗？ 为了美国利益
: ，他们就应该自己销毁大豆，主动跟中共分割，尼玛还敢抱怨政府？这些美奸。
:
: - Trump-s-trade-policy
: was that the president would destroy all of these trading relationships that
: U.
: White
: up
: communities, and provide policy solutions for a stronger rural America,"
: according to
| l***x
发帖数: 1761 | 9 这有啥奇怪的。。。从来在农村也不是100%选共和党。哪次不是很多人换着党投
：Chris from Ohio is a farmer, Trump voter, and lifelong Republican - hear
why he will be voting Joe
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