U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the administration is considering plans to offer assistance to farmers amid worries that the U.S.-China trade war will have a “disastrous effect on American agricultural producers.” China announced plans to increase tariffs on all American goods to 84% after President Donald Trump raised duties on Chinese imports to 104%. During a smaller trade fight with Beijing during Trump’s first term, his administration used the Commodity Credit Corporation to offer $28 billion to bail out U.S. farmers.
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