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The U.S. developed a trade dependency on China, particularly after the 2008 Great Recession.

This dependency impacts American farmers who rely on China to buy commodity crops like soybeans.

The article suggests the U.S. must deal with China but not depend on it for economic stability.

Solutions include striking better trade deals, diversifying trading partners, and stopping China from buying U.S. farmland.

We can forgive ourselves for our addiction to China for a moment , given the desperate times it took hold.

It was fall 2008 and the Great Recession was obliterating the American economy, from rural Wisconsin to New York City. Families were losing their homes. Parents and grandparents were losing retirement funds they depended upon after saving for decades. I r

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