escalating the trade standoff to get china to crackdown on the theft of u.s. intellectual property. president trump is threatening to impose additional tariffs on $500 billion in chinese goods. well, as you can imagine, china is retaliating. imposing new tariffs on u.s. soybeans, beef, pork, poultry, seafood, suvs, electronic cars, and whiskey, all affected by the trade war. the u.s. chamber of commerce says 17,000 jobs tied to the kentucky whiskey industry alone could be impacted, as well as $180 million in exports. meanwhile, you could have to eat the potential price increases as a result of this ongoing tariff war. a supplier who makes the pressure cookers for chick-fil-a sandwiches is being hit by the tariffs, which could raise the chain cost of doing business. that, in turn, could lead to higher chicken sandwich prices. american soybean farmers are