Insights and Stories of Mei Mei Chu

China 2024 pork output falls for first time in four years

Jan. 17, 2025 at 9:49 am CST

China's pork production in 2024 fell for the first time after rising for three years straight, official data showed on Friday, as livestock companies reduced slaughter rates due to ample hog supply and weak meat demand.

China soybean imports hit record in 2024 ahead of Trump inauguration

Jan. 13, 2025 at 10:14 am CST

By Ella Cao Mei Mei Chu Reuters

China rapeseed meal futures slide after Trudeau announces plans to resign

Jan. 7, 2025 at 9:30 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers Isabella Jibilian Mei Mei Chu

China investigates beef imports as oversupply squeezes prices

Dec. 27, 2024 at 9:55 am CST

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

China plans decade-long drive to boost cereal grain consumption

Dec. 24, 2024 at 10:43 am CST

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

Chinese buyers slash Canadian canola imports on fears of anti-dumping duty

Dec. 5, 2024 at 9:05 am CST

Chinese importers are scaling back purchases of Canadian canola with shipments from December likely to plunge as most buyers are reluctant to sign new deals for fear that Beijing could impose retaliatory anti-dumping duties.

By Mei Mei Chu Naveen Thukral Reuters

China’s October soy imports from US climb for seventh month

Nov. 20, 2024 at 11:33 am CST

China's soybean imports from the U.S. more than doubled in October from a year earlier, marking a seventh month of growth, as buyers accelerated shipments fearing a rise in trade tensions if Donald Trump were to return to the White House.

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

China set for record soybean imports in 2024 ahead of Trump’s inauguration

Nov. 7, 2024 at 10:04 am CST

China imported 8.09 million metric tons of soybeans in October with buyers rushing to stockpile before Donald Trump takes office early next year, as the world's top soybean buyer heads for its largest annual imports on record.

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

U.S. farm producers brace for hit to exports to China in Trump administration

Nov. 7, 2024 at 7:50 am CST

Some U.S. agriculture producers are bracing for the prospect of a fresh trade war under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump again hitting exports of farm goods to China, but they said while any new tariffs would hurt, they felt better prepared.

By Brenda Goh Casey Hall Mei Mei Chu Reuters

China’s rapeseed meal contract drops after Canada plans some relief from EV tariffs

Oct. 21, 2024 at 10:21 am CDT

China's rapeseed meal futures sunk 4.6 per cent on Monday on hopes that Beijing would ease an anti-dumping probe on imports of Canadian rapeseed after Ottawa said it would grant firms temporary relief from tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

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