Nov 21, 2025
The Capitol Forum hosted Patrick Thomas, reporter at The Wall Street Journal, for a conference call with Executive Editor Teddy Downey. The discussion explores insights from Thomas’s recent article, How the Lowly Soybean Got Trapped in the Crossfire of the U.S.-China Trade Wars, examining how U.S. soybean farmers have become entangled in the high-stakes politics of global trade, bailouts, and commodity dominance.