US governors see wide impact of trade conflict

Not only the agriculture industry, but also the manufacturing base and investment community in the United States have felt the impact from the escalating trade tensions - a "war with everybody" as described by one state governor.

Another governor, Jay Inslee of Washington, said on Friday on the sidelines of the National Governors Association's summer meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico: "It has a very significant adverse effect on my state.

"We are the biggest apple-exporting state, and the markets have been diminished because of the responsive tariffs to the chaotic activity from the White House."