Natalie Winters

Meet The Republican Lobbyists Getting Paid To Help China Buy American Farmland

"...... Federal lobbying disclosures reviewed for this report reveal that former Republican congressional staffers have been hired by Smithfield Foods to work on the very legislation Washington is advancing to restrict foreign ownership of American agricultural land.

Smithfield is effectively Chinese-controlled: Hong Kong-based WH Group beneficially owned roughly 87 percent of the American pork giant as of 2026, while Smithfield itself reports owning approximately 87,000 acres of U.S. land. WH Group grew out of China’s Shuanghui empire, whose longtime chairman Wan Long has been identified as a Chinese Communist Party member and served in China’s National People’s Congress...."

https://nataliegwinters.substack.com/p/meet-the-republican-lobbyists-getting