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By Mark Niquette, Bloomberg News
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018 Updated May 2, 2018

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President Donald Trump says his trade actions may cause "a little pain” in the short term, and a new study shows U.S. agricultural workers could be hurt the most.

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