Economy

Republicans pan Trump’s $12 billion trade bailout

By Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio
Published July 24, 2018 5:52pm ET
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Republicans pan Trump’s $12 billion trade bailout
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., sit during a hearing on Capitol Hill. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans on Tuesday showed little enthusiasm for a Trump administration plan to provide $12 billion to farmers whose exports are being hurt by a trade war prompted by President Trump’s tariffs.

But none said they would oppose the plan that the Department of Agriculture was set to announce Tuesday.

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