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with about the same level of potassium as a banana per serving. In Hong Kong, “it’s a favorite nut given
out during the Chinese New Year. In fact, it’s considered a prize nut in gifts of nuts.”
Europe and China are leading pistachio export markets, Matoian points out, even though Europe has its
own big harvest, and China gets much of its supply cheaply from the nearby Iranian crop.
Will retaliation stall momentum?
With so many export success stories contributing to farm profitability and U.S. jobs, there is little
wonder then, that a long list of trade organizations hope the Trump Administration will “do no harm” to
existing export markets and continue to find new market opportunities.
However, as the Trump Administration rolls forward, farmers and ranchers have watched nervously as
the president has bailed out of U.S. trade agreements, hit China with new tariffs on washing machines,
steel, aluminum and more, and now they’re bracing as China hits back, landing punches into the face of
American agriculture.
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