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Issues Surrounding the Global Trade War Are Impacting the 2018 Elections in South Carolina

South Carolina Public Radio | By Russ McKinney
Published September 5, 2018 at 5:21 AM EDT
S.C. farmers are expecting a bumper soybean crop this year. However the global trade war has caused a 20 percent drop in expected prices.
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S.C. farmers are expecting a bumper soybean crop this year. However the global trade war has caused a 20 percent drop in expected prices.

With the November elections just two months away, business leaders and political candidates are juggling the economic and political realities of the growing global trade war.  South Carolina is one of three states in the country expected to be most affected by new tariffs on imports and exports.
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Russ McKinney
Russ McKinney has 30 years of experience in radio news and public affairs. He is a former broadcast news reporter in Spartanburg, Columbia and Atlanta. He served as Press Secretary to former S.C. Governor Dick Riley for two terms, and for 20 years was the chief public affairs officer for the University of South Carolina.
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