Question

What contributed to the growing economic gap between the eastern and western regions of North Carolina?

Answer 1

Wooten said that North Carolina farmers exported $162 million worth of tobacco products to China in 2017. In 2018, that figure was $4 million. He said the state’s farmers this year have planted the smallest crop of tobacco since before World War II.

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