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In the US-China trade war, midwestern soya bean farmers are caught in the middle.

President Trump has promised to help America鈥檚 soya bean farmers, who have found themselves caught in the middle of the US-China trade war. But will his help be enough?

Also: an ice-cream maker in Philadelphia exports his product to China, for people with expensive tastes; a newcomer to Mexico City learns that quesadillas don鈥檛 always come with cheese; two entrepreneurs take Korean-Mexican fusion cuisine to Seoul; plus we remember restaurant critic Jonathan Gold and the effect he had on food culture in Los Angeles.

(Image: Corn and soya beans grow on a farm near Tipton, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Mon 30 Jul 2018 05:32GMT

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