Your first assignment is an essay on the Implications of the United States hina Trade War for Agriculture. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate your ability to synthesize information regarding a trade issue, to convey your knowledge of the subject matter, and to demonstrate your ability to communicate the results of your detailed analysis clearly, consistently, and succinctly. Specifically, I would like to know what YOU THINK about the recent US-China Trade War.

Please describe the issues and the positions of both the United States and China. Please provide an overall description of the issues involved with respect to the trade war. Be sure to discuss the implications of the retaliatory tariffs for US agriculture and back up your arguments with numbers where possible. Also, be sure to conclude with your policy recommendations related to the issue and what implications your recommendations might have for both the US and China. There is no right or wrong answer, just be sure to back up your arguments with evidence where you can.

Your analysis should come from external sources (online articles in the popular press and/or academic journal articles) and your own arguments. You can use a limited number of direct quotes from the articles, but for most of the essay, be sure to paraphrase parts of the articles as you synthesize the information and tailor it towards your own analysis. While you can read Wikipedia, you can use it as an official source.