In Iowa's GOP ag epicenter, tariffs spark Trump skepticism
HOSPERS, Iowa (AP) " In Sioux County, where swine barns interrupt the vast landscape of corn-stubbled fields, exports of meat, grain and machinery fuel the local economy. And there's a palpable sense of unease that new Chinese tariffs pushed by President Donald Trump " who received more than 80 percent of the vote here in 2016 " could threaten residents' livelihood.The grumbling hardly signals a looming leftward lurch in this dominantly Republican region in northwest Iowa. But after [...]
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