Tariffs

Trump's Trade War Caused a $15 Billion Decline in U.S. Farm Sales to China

Though some of their products may have been redirected elsewhere, American farmers are likely eating most of the losses.

Ari Shtein | 5.27.2026 4:05 PM

Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google

Media Contact & Reprint Requests

(Illustration: Midjourney)

When President Donald Trump announced broad and arbitrary import taxes last April—tariffs that the Supreme Court would later determine were illegal—he said they would uplift domestic producers, even though many economists predicted the opposite. More than a year later, Americans can safely say that the economists were right.

Trump's tariffs have not only failed in their central aim—to bring manufacturing jobs back to America—they've also hurt Americans across a range of economic sectors, including agriculture.

That's the latest analysis from the North Dakota State........

© Reason.com