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Trump’s $16 Billion in aid arrives as ‘Challenges are great’ for farmers

By Bloomberg
25 May 2019   |   9:48 am
President Donald Trump’s new $16 billion aid package for farmers raises the federal government’s bill for the trade-war but isn’t easing anyone’s concerns about damage to the U.S. economy. Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for INTL FCStone Financial, and Mike McGlone, commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, talk with Bloomberg's Alix Steel about the farm aid and the current hurdles facing American farmers.

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