President Donald Trump on Monday announced an $11 billion relief assistance package for farmers to ease the burden from his tariff policies, attempting to blunt the pain for a key constituency as he pushes to remake global markets.

The president’s trade war has exacerbated the financial crunch of falling crop prices — and crushed soybean exports, as China retaliated earlier this year against U.S. tariffs by halting all American soy purchases. It was a painful blow to the industry from its largest international customer, which makes up about half of all U.S. soybean exports.

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