Tag: China
What’s behind China’s buying spree?
Alan Guebert reflects on how China’s swift recovery from the viral pandemic it spawned is now the key driver in world ag markets.
‘Chinese century’ may be a decade
Alan Guebert ponders the United States' relationship with China and China's role on the world stage.
China trade deal talk scares market
Marlin Clark provides an update on the United States' trade agreement with China and its impact on agricultural markets and commodity futures.
Will China meet expected quotas?
Ag exports to China were to be $36.6 billion this year. However, plunging prices over the past couple of months will make it harder to hit that target.
Not the time to make new enemies
Alan Guebert offers insight on the White House's recent diplomacy with 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.