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Chuck Schumer: “China is looking precisely to Argentina to cut new soybean…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 04:10

It's been a devastating year for our soybean farmers because this administration has bungled trade talks with Beijing and as a consequence, they've killed our soybean exports to that country. Now China is looking precisely to Argentina to cut new soybean deals, while our farmers at home suffer backbreaking losses. And on top of all that, you mean to tell me the administration's fine sending $20 billion of taxpayer dollars to help foreign farmers compete against American farmers here at home in the middle of a shutdown? (04:10–04:19)

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Asserts that China is negotiating soybean deals with Argentina, affecting U.S. farmers.

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