Chinanews.com, May 9. The American Overseas Chinese News reported that it has been four years since the United States and China imposed tariffs on each other.

Despite the change of government in the US federal government, the policy of imposing tariffs remains unchanged.

In the meantime, soybean farmers across the U.S. are still suffering from increased tariffs.

　　CNN reported that before the U.S.-China trade friction, Chinese buyers bought a lot of U.S. exports.

U.S. soybeans have become more expensive for Chinese buyers in the wake of the tariff increase, undermining their competitiveness in the eyes of Chinese buyers.

　　“We’ve put up with tariffs for too long,” said Dave Walton, an Iowa farmer whose profits from soybean sales plummeted after the 2018 tariffs were imposed.

　　Walton is disappointed that the Biden administration has kept tariffs unchanged.

At the same time, he is also disappointed that the Biden administration has so far failed to appoint two key agricultural trade positions, the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the US Trade Representative and the USDA in charge. Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade.

　　"It only proves to me that trade is not a priority for the government. If trade was their priority, they would take care of it and work hard to update trade agreements with China and other countries," he said.

　　Earlier this month, the Biden administration took its first steps toward a statutory review of tariffs on Chinese goods, but officials did not specify the likely outcome of the review, including the removal of tariffs.

　　U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in an interview at the Milken Institute Global Conference on the 2nd that all tools to address inflation are on the table, but did not say whether tariffs should be placed as one of them.

　　Immediately after the 2018 tariffs were implemented, U.S. soybean exports fell sharply.

Between 2018 and 2019, U.S. soybean exports to China lost more than 75 percent, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report.

　　"The overall impact of tariffs on trade is a difficult thing to figure out," said Joseph Glauber, a senior fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and former chief economist at the Federal Department of Agriculture. "

　　Some farmers worry they may permanently lose some Chinese buyers who have turned to other countries for soybeans over the past four years.

　　But for farmers, the trade issue has been replaced by other, more pressing concerns, according to data from Purdue University and the CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

In April, 42% of producers said rising input costs were their top concern.

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