China’s Trade War Retaliation Against Trump’s Rural Base Boomerangs

China’s Trade War Retaliation Against Trump’s Rural Base Boomerangs
A farmer plows his fields in the small northeastern agricultural town of Eaton, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2017. With a population of just over 5,000 residents, 71% of the town's registered voters cast their ballots in support of President Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images
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China’s tariffs targeting President Donald Trump’s rural base have boomeranged with farm income hitting a 5-year high of $88 billion and in the top 30 percent after inflation.