dean reynolds is at a soybean farm in esmond, illinois. >> reporter: china has button leading importer. so this trade dispute with beijing has the owner of this 800-acre spread in illinois woe the landscape of his business. >> it artificially raise our prices. >> reporter: farmer paul taylor isn't thrilled by the prospect of tariffs, but he's willing to give president trump's trade approach a chance. >> now, though, you think the president knows what he's doing? >> i hope so. i mean, i'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. i think it's okay to shake things up. >> reporter: last friday the trump administration imposed a 25% tariff on chinese goods worth $34 billion. and china immediately responded with its own tariffs on u.s. goods including soybeans. >> couldn't it also be an incentive to the chinese to buy more soybeans from, say, brazil? >> well, of course it is. >> reporter: though optimistic, the third generation farmer has concerns. >> in this case it's done to modify behavior of our trading partners. will that work? i don't know. they don't have a very good record for tha