Economics
Majority of Trump’s Trade Aid Went to Biggest Farms, Study Finds
- 54% of the aid payments went to just one-tenth of recipients
- President approved new $16 billion round of trade aid for 2019
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More than half of the Trump administration’s trade-war aid for farmers went to just one-tenth of the recipients in the program, according to an analysis of payments by an environmental organization.