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Jerry Moran of Kansas urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to find a better response than unreliable government aid.
Corn growers say the president's tariff mess could not have come at a "worse time, bringing more uncertainty to markets and impacting commodity prices."
"There will be price hikes at Target, Costco, Home Depot and Walmart,” predicted one analyst.
"The noose is getting tighter," warned the head of the Michigan Agri-Business Association, as industry leaders fear the collapse of the family farm in trade war.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Last week, the president falsely claimed that China was paying tariffs directly to the U.S. Treasury Department.
The president's threat to raise tariffs on Chinese goods would hit American consumers, not China.
The chancellor pointed out that the German cars most at risk of being deemed a "national security threat" are made in America.
Trump once extolled the motorcycle maker, but has added to its sales struggle with his trade war and angry boycott tweets.
The gap is expected to grow even more despite penalties on billions of dollars of Chinese goods.
Some 12 percent of Ford workers worldwide could be out of a job.