Insights and Stories on China

Tariffs make pork business more complicated, Smithfield Foods CEO says

Mar. 12, 2025 at 11:39 am CDT

Tariffs make it more complicated for Smithfield Foods, the biggest U.S. pork processor, to sell all parts of a pig, CEO Shane Smith said on Wednesday, and may disrupt imports of Canadian weanlings.

China tightens trade rules as Canadian tariffs spark price volatility

Mar. 11, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

By Ella Cao Mei Mei Chu Reuters

Pulse Weekly: China includes peas in tariff threat

Mar. 10, 2025 at 3:10 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Photos of the Chinese flag on the right and pile of canola seed on the left.

Chinese rapeseed meal, oil contracts surge after tariffs on Canadian imports

Mar. 10, 2025 at 11:18 am CDT

By Ella Cao Mei Mei Chu Reuters

China hits back at Canada with fresh agriculture tariffs

Mar. 10, 2025 at 10:03 am CDT

By Joe Cash Mei Mei Chu

New Chinese tariffs “devastating” to Canadian ag sector

Mar. 10, 2025 at 9:51 am CDT

A new trade war front opened over the weekend as China announced stiff tariffs on Canadian canola oil, meal, peas, pork and other commodities late Friday. Canadian industry groups decried the move and are calling on the federal government to intervene.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

China on track for another bumper wheat harvest, says COFCO International

Mar. 6, 2025 at 10:43 am CST

China is expecting to produce another abundant wheat harvest this year due to favorable weather, a COFCO International executive said Thursday

By Ella Cao Mei Mei Chu Reuters

China to boost food imports from Latin America, Europe as US trade war escalates

Mar. 5, 2025 at 10:53 am CST

China's new tariffs on U.S. farm goods are poised to reshape global trade flows, prompting the world's top agricultural importer to source more meat, dairy and grains from countries in South America, Europe and the Pacific.

By Mei Mei Chu Naveen Thukral Reuters

China’s pulses to inch higher in 2024/25 says USDA attaché

Mar. 4, 2025 at 3:24 pm CST

Total pulse production in China has been projected to increase slightly to 983,000 tonnes in 2024/25 compared to the 959,000 tonnes harvested the year before, according to the United States Department of Agriculture's attaché; in Beijing.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Trump triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

Mar. 4, 2025 at 9:44 am CST

U.S. President Donald Trump's new 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20 per cent, sparking trade wars that could slam economic growth and lift prices for Americans still smarting from years of high inflation.

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder Reuters