How Roundup lawsuits could give China an edge

Bayer is fending off thousands of lawsuits tied to weed killer Roundup, and the payouts are getting bigger with about 113,000 of 167,000 resolved and 54,000 remaining in a handful of states. The product contains glyphosate, a chemical that plaintiffs claim causes cancer. Earlier this year, a jury awarded $2.25 billion to a man who used the product and developed cancer. Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, was purchased by Bayer in 2018 for $63 billion in what was the largest acquisition in