# Trump's tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

> US farmers are seeing crop prices fall and export markets shrink after retaliatory tariffs from buyers of US apples, cheese, potatoes, bourbon and soybeans. Trade disputes with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico are also cited.

- Date: 2018-06-18 · published 2018-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10573-trump-s-tariff-war-threatens-to-erode-support-of-farmers
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lost export demand for US soybeans and other farm goods weighs on domestic crop prices and farm income.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-11-07 | [Trump's tariff threat puts US farm exports to China at risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14703-trump-s-tariff-threat-puts-us-farm-exports-to-china-at-risk.md) | +1.0% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2024-06-07 | [Will more Trump tariffs hurt or help U.S. farmers?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29760-will-more-trump-tariffs-hurt-or-help-u-s-farmers.md) | -0.9% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2018-04-04 | [China Tariff Threat Prompts U.S. Farmers to Weigh Changes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65377-china-tariff-threat-prompts-u-s-farmers-to-weigh-changes.md) | +1.2% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-04-10 | [Trump, tariffs and farmers : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25114-trump-tariffs-and-farmers-npr.md) | +2.6% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2018-07-20 | [Trump threatens tariffs on all $500 billion of Chinese imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63946-trump-threatens-tariffs-on-all-500-billion-of-chinese-imports.md) | +1.8% | +4.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/trumps-tariff-war-threatens-to-erode-support-of-farmers-idUSKBN1JE2X1/

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