Local farmer thinks tariffs are the right move to deal with China

President is silent on trade war of late

The pandemic./// since taking office..preside nt donald trump has imposed numerous tariffs on goods from china.

Those tariffs were the first salvo in a trade war.

We spoke to a preston farmer who believes the tariffs are long overdue, saying farmers have watched trade imbalances for years.

Farmer paul schmidt thinks the president has played this one "if we're going to stick this out, and the chinese are going to stick to their end of the bargain, i really feel it's going to open a lot of export markets, the chinese are increasing their hog production and that's going to open up a lot of demand for soybeans, soybean meal."

Mr trump took aim at china during the republican convention over everything from its responsibility for coronavirus to its human rights abuses.

But as the november election grows closer, the president has