In March, President Trump began taking bold action to hold China and any other bad actors accountable for unfair trade practices. After first imposing tariffs on certain steel and aluminum imports, the president followed suit in later weeks by threatening to impose additional tariffs on $150 billion worth of Chinese products.

Just as members of the president’s own Cabinet predicted, China is fighting back, and the very people Trump has vowed to protect time and again – America’s farmers and rural families – are now caught in the crosshairs.