农业可能在帮助鼓励唐纳德特朗普总统推迟对中国采取贸易行动方面发挥了间接作用——至少目前是这样， 杰夫丹尼尔斯在 CNBC.com 上写道.
农业游说团体和来自农业州的政客一直在向政府施压，包括农业部长桑尼·珀杜和美国贸易代表罗伯特·莱特希泽，要求他们不要征收关税或贸易处罚。他们最担心的是，在与中国的贸易战中，农业可能成为附带损害。
“We have been having meetings with the Secretary of Agriculture, with the U.S. Trade Representative, and talking to them about the importance of trade and how important it is to agriculture — and letting them know what kind of impact sanctions would have on agriculture,” said Jim Miller, chairman of the U.S. Soybean Export Council and a Nebraska soybean farmer.