Insights and Stories on China

Tim Hortons to enter China

Jul. 11, 2018 at 6:54 pm CDT

Reuters — Canadian coffee-and-donut chain Tim Hortons will open 1,500 outlets in China over the next decade, capitalizing on a growing cafe culture in the world’s second-largest economy, the chain’s parent Restaurant Brands International said on Wednesday. Restaurant Brands shares rose almost three per cent after the company announced the […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans end near decade low as trade war deepens

Jul. 11, 2018 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle extend declines on trade war worries

Jul. 11, 2018 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Corn, soybeans may have seen low point for now

Jul. 10, 2018 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on favourable weather

Jul. 10, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend declines on demand worries

Jul. 9, 2018 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell over three per cent on Monday, weighed down by plentiful supplies and worries of weaker demand later this year due to tariffs on imports of American pork in Mexico and Canada, traders and analysts said. Most-active Chicago Mercantile Exchange August hogs […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on China trade woes, good crop weather

Jul. 9, 2018 at 4:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Monday, giving up more than half of their gains from a bargain-buying rally before the weekend as investors weighed the impact of reduced Chinese demand following Beijing’s tariffs on U.S. supplies. Improved growing conditions in the U.S. Midwest also weighed on […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy rises but fears persist over China trade fight

Jul. 6, 2018 at 3:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures surged on Friday as the market recovered a day after nearing a decade low on concerns over the escalating trade war with China. Prices climbed as the U.S. implemented tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports and Beijing said it would retaliate with […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy market waiting on trade war

Jul. 5, 2018 at 7:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s a wait-and-see game for traders who deal in corn and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “It looks like we’re going to be concerned a lot about what happens with our friends from China here in the short term,” said Jack Scoville, of Price […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola to face pressure from northbound U.S. soy

Jul. 5, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — As Friday’s deadline nears for Chinese tariffs to be imposed on imports of U.S. soybeans, so too does the idea that eastern crushers could soon be bringing those unwanted beans into Canada. “Soybeans have become so cheap we’re going to find them leaking across the border, especially […]

By Dave Sims