The issue is only anticipated to get worse. In response to a hardline tariff strategy by Trump, China announced approximately $3 billion in new tariffs on American agricultural products last week, threatening more if the United States refuses to roll back tariffs it has imposed on China. Trump this week announced $16 billion in relief for farmers who are being hit hard by the trade war.

Much of the impact will be felt in Wyoming, whose beef industry has recently begun to make inroads in foreign markets like China’s.

“(The tariffs) are significant to agriculture,” Gov. Mark Gordon told the Star-Tribune last week. “As you can tell from the conversations I’ve had about coal, I’m generally in favor of open ports and open policies. I’ve worked hard to get beef back in Korea and lamb back in Japan, and I would hate to see that loss. China is an enormous marketplace, obviously, in our foreign trade, and Wyoming products are valuable.”

Meanwhile, Chinese markets have begun to look elsewhere, digging a hole for U.S. trade that some say could take years to recover from.