Trade War

by Tyler Hale President Donald Trump is scheduled to address American Farm Bureau members during the organization’s annual meeting on Sunday. This will be the third consecutive year that Trump has spoken at the meeting, which will be held in…

by Yang Luo-Branch I had the privilege of engaging in a dialogue on how to understand and navigate the U.S.-China trade war for Arkansas’ economy recently in Little Rock at a workshop hosted by the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses…

Today, the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses (AAAB) held a workshop on how Arkansas businesses are navigating the U.S.-China trade war. The workshop’s diverse speakers provided deep dives on the trade war’s effect on various American industries, including international perspectives…

Economic conflict between the United States and China has dominated headlines for more than a year. The two nations have traded tariffs on a number of commodities, from agricultural products to raw materials. The trade war between the United States…

by Court Lanning President Trump’s trade war with China has rattled investors, raised prices on a number of consumer goods, and uprooted entire markets for American farmers, but a new truce may be a sign of progress ahead. Last week,…

Arkansas’s timber industry contributes $6.4 billion to our economy, and today I’d like to talk about the many benefits of the forests to our state and also the effect of the ongoing trade war. Agriculture is Arkansas’s number one industry. …

Twenty-eight Chinese organizations have been added to a United States blacklist due to alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region of China. The U.S. Department of Commerce has added 28 commercial companies and government agencies to its Entity List,…

by Lauren McLemore Arkansas farmers anxiously await harvest numbers after a challenging year of managing crops in the midst of historic flooding and the escalation of tariffs as a product of the United States’ ongoing trade war with China.  Heavy…

by Dwain Hebda | Photography By Jamison Mosley The superlatives to describe the challenges of 2019 for the state’s farm producers have nearly been exhausted – unprecedented, catastrophic, devastating. Arkansas’ producers have endured a two-front assault by a raging Mother…

by Sydne Tursky Arkansas farmers are facing an uncertain future as the catastrophic effects of massive rainfall and flooding compounded with the impact of trade disputes with China. Agricultural experts are labeling the situation “a perfect storm” and anticipate reduced…