U.S. rolls out more farm aid as soy growers urge trade ceasefire

Farmers have been among the biggest casualties of the trade fight, with Beijing slowing — and in some cases ending — purchases of American agricultural goods as retaliation for Mr. Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports. They have also suffered from retaliatory tariffs that the European Union, Canada and Mexico placed on American farm goods after Mr. Trump slapped levies on foreign metals.

The Agriculture Department said that the payments to farmers, which were first announced in May, would be made in three tranches in the next six months. The subsidies come as American negotiators head to China next week to resume trade talks with Beijing, which collapsed in May after Mr. Trump accused China of reneging on a trade deal…

The bailout is the second round of financial support for farmers, who received $12 billion in subsidies last year to help cushion the fallout from trade disputes. While Canada and Mexico lifted their retaliatory tariffs this year after Mr. Trump stopped taxing their metals, tariffs on the European Union continue and the bloc still has levies on American products like whiskey, orange juice and peanut butter. China has been among the biggest buyers of American agricultural products, snapping up goods like pork, cranberries, cotton, sorghum and soybeans.