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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani in New York

Trump tariffs to hit small farms in Maga heartlands hardest, analysis predicts

a farm worker picks tomatoes.
A worker harvests crops at a family farm in Kansas City, Missouri, on 17 February. Photograph: Kansas City Star/TNS

The winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers.

New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands.

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