Tag: China
Soaring pork prices keep China’s inflation high
Soaring pork prices in China kept inflation at a seven-year high despite government efforts to ease meat shortages caused by a disease outbreak.
End of trade war or beginning of cold war?
Will the futures traders' bet pay off again, with talks of a U.S.-China agricultural trade deal on the table? Alan Guebert shares his thoughts and concerns.
Watching a train wreck happen
Alan Guebert scrutinizes President Trump's recent actions in working toward — or backpedaling out of — a trade agreement with China.
Impact of trade war will hurt US farmers for years
Since Sept. 1, 2018, American soybean exports to China have declined by 80% of the three-year annual average. It will take years to rebuild that market.
No clear trade strategy with Trump
If what we’re seeing now is the Trump trade “strategy,” export-dependent American farmers and ranchers are in serious trouble, according to Alan Guebert.
WTO ruling backs US agricultural support claims against China
A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel has found that China has provided trade distorting domestic support to its wheat and rice producers.
Grain market betting on a better trade deal
Most soybean farmers are deferring sales, waiting for higher prices.
China-US soybean stalemate continues
U.S. farmers have begun planting soybeans amid a tense trade war with China, the world’s largest consumer of the crop.
On one hand, China’s tariffs hurt farmers
Farmers are being used as a pawn in the global chess game between the U.S. and China, as the threat of tariffs on pork and soybeans loom.
Soybean tariffs will hit farmers hard
A trade dispute with China escalated last week with China’s announcement April 4 of a proposed 25 percent tariff on imported U.S. soybeans.
