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Iowa farmer Bruce Wessling walks through his farm. Iowa is the nation’s leading pork exporting state. China put a 25 percent tariff on imported American pork back in April.

Iowans get a giant ad from China in their Sunday newspaper

September 24, 2018Business, Economics and Jobs

The Chinese government took out a four-page advertisement in the Des Moines Register on Sunday. The ad was designed like a four-page newspaper section with various “articles” commenting on the trade war between the US and China.

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