FILE- In this Aug. 30, 2015, file photo, McIntosh apples hang on a tree at Carlson Orchards in Harvard, Mass. After President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on products the Chinese government responded Friday, March 23, 2018, with a threat to add an equal 25 percent charge on U.S. products including pork. A 15 percent tariff also would be imposed on wine, apples, ethanol and stainless steel pipe as part of a $3 billion list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - From Iowa hog producers to Washington apple growers and California winemakers, farmers are expressing deep disappointment over being put in the middle of a potential trade war with China.
President Donald Trump announced plans Thursday for tariffs on products including Chinese steel to punish Beijing for stealing American technology.
Beijing responded Friday with a threat to slap tariffs on American products such as pork, wine, apples, ethanol and stainless-steel pipe.
Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2016. But now many worry about the economic blowback from his combative approach.
Iowa farmer Wayne Humphreys says producers have invested a lot of time, talent and treasure in developing markets worldwide. And with the stroke of a pen, he says, that investment has been jeopardized.
FILE- In this July 22, 2015, file photo, dry-farmed grapes are shown at Frogs Leap winery in Rutherford, Calif. After President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on products the Chinese government responded Friday, March 23, 2018, with a threat to add an equal 25 percent charge on U.S. products including pork. A 15 percent tariff also would be imposed on wine, apples, ethanol and stainless steel pipe as part of a $3 billion list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
The Associated Press
FILE- In this July 21, 2017, file photo, young hogs are seen at Everette Murphrey Farm in Farmville, N.C. After President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on products including Chinese steel, the Chinese government responded Friday, March 23, 2018, with a threat to add an equal 25 percent charge on U.S. products including pork. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
The Associated Press
FILE- In this June 27, 2007, file photo a car drives past a farm in Hutto, Texas. After President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on products the Chinese government responded Friday, March 23, 2018, with a threat to add an equal 25 percent charge on U.S. products including pork. A 15 percent tariff also would be imposed on wine, apples, ethanol and stainless steel pipe as part of a $3 billion list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
The Associated Press
FILE- In this July 15, 2015, file photo rows of grape vines appear at Caldwell Vineyard winery in the Coombsville appellation of Napa, Calif. After President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on products the Chinese government responded Friday, March 23, 2018, with a threat to add an equal 25 percent charge on U.S. products including pork. A 15 percent tariff also would be imposed on wine, apples, ethanol and stainless steel pipe as part of a $3 billion list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
The Associated Press
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2015, file photo, corn is delivered to the Green Plains ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa. After President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on products the Chinese government responded Friday, March 23, 2018, with a threat to add an equal 25 percent charge on U.S. products including pork. A 15 percent tariff also would be imposed on wine, apples, ethanol and stainless steel pipe as part of a $3 billion list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
The Associated Press