Hog farmers increasingly worried about prospects

American firms, producers are concerned China, world's biggest pork market, will find new customers and stay with them even after trade dispute is settled

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - US pork farmers are increasingly worried that their longtime efforts to secure a foothold in China are vaporizing, due to continued trade disputes between the world's two largest economies.

The protracted trade tensions may dampen the outlook for their access to China, the world's biggest pork market, and consequently cripple the entire industry.