Iowa Farmers Accuse China of Stealing American Seeds

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Farmers in Iowa are accusing the Chinese state of stealing valuable seed samples from America, that have been genetically modified to improve crops, in order to reproduce them back home. A bipartisan delegation from Congress hosted a roundtable in Dysart, a town in central Iowa, on Thursday to hear from locals about "the impacts of the [Chinese Communist Party's] malign tactics to undermine American agriculture." The area has previously been visited by Chinese nationals to dig up the improved seeds. It comes at a time of heightened sensitivity in the U.S. towards China amid a cooling of relations between the...