The Trump administration plans to ban Chinese groups from buying farmland in the US, particularly near military bases, out of rising concern that their purchases are undermining national security.
US agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday said the administration would work with state and local governments to take “swift legislative and executive action to ban the purchase of American farmland by Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries”.
“American agriculture is not just about feeding our families, but about protecting our nation and standing up to foreign adversaries who are buying our farmland, stealing our research and creating dangerous vulnerabilities in the very systems that sustain us,” said Rollins as she unveiled what she called the National Farm Security Action Plan.