Insights and Stories on China

Huawei executive’s U.S. bank fraud charges to be dismissed

Dec. 1, 2022 at 8:16 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, whose 2018 arrest strained relations between the U.S. and China. Meng struck a deal with the prosecutors last year for the charges against […]

U.S. grains: Soy snaps win streak on disappointing biofuel mandates

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:20 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

CBOT weekly outlook: Circumstances could mess with usual holiday lull

Nov. 30, 2022 at 6:34 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, China optimism

Nov. 30, 2022 at 3:24 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat inches higher on hopes China will ease COVID-19 measures

Nov. 29, 2022 at 4:11 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures tumble on China demand worries

Nov. 28, 2022 at 6:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell more than four per cent on Monday, pressured by worries about Chinese demand for U.S. pork and expectations of a seasonal slide in wholesale ham prices, traders said. The CME February lean hogs contract settled down 3.75 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles to three-month low in broad sell-off

Nov. 28, 2022 at 4:28 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Monday to a three-month low, as commodity and equity markets dropped on concern about the impact of rare protests in China against its strict anti-COVID-19 policy. Cheap supplies from Russia and elsewhere in the Black Sea are adding competition for U.S. wheat, […]

By Rod Nickel

Canada to boost defence, cyber security in Indo-Pacific policy

Nov. 28, 2022 at 1:50 am CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, outlining $2.3 billion in spending to boost military and cyber security in the region and vowed to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with it on climate change and trade issues. The plan detailed in a 26-page […]

By David Ljunggren Ismail Shakil

U.S. grains: Soybeans, grains turn higher ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

Nov. 23, 2022 at 3:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and grain futures ended higher on Wednesday, as traders looked to even up their positions before the market closes for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and ahead of a short trading day on Friday, analysts said. Corn futures strengthened, as the market eyed dry weather […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC revises dry pea projections

Nov. 22, 2022 at 7:49 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Among the changes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) made in its November supply and demand report, issued Friday, the most notable were among the dry peas. The revisions that stood out the most were 2022-23 dry pea exports being cut by 200,000 tonnes at 2.5 million, while domestic […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm