Insights and Stories on China

China reshapes global meat markets as swine fever rages

Nov. 8, 2019 at 8:58 am CST

London | Beijing | Reuters – China is scouring the world for meat to replace the millions of pigs killed by African swine fever (ASF), boosting prices, business and profits for European and South American meatpackers as it re-shapes global markets for pork, beef and chicken. The European Union, the […]

U.S. corn exports falter, soybean business could meet same fate

Nov. 7, 2019 at 9:58 am CST

By Karen Braun

China’s pork output to fall by at least 20 percent in 2019: FAO

Nov. 7, 2019 at 9:48 am CST

By Sybille De La Hamaide

American and Chinese flags on crumpled paper, diplomatic crisis

Action needed on trade talks, supply/demand report out Friday

Nov. 6, 2019 at 4:46 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

China, France sign deals worth $15 bln during visit

Nov. 6, 2019 at 4:31 pm CST

By Dominique Patton Marine Pennetier

China to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork

Nov. 5, 2019 at 1:38 pm CST

Reuters – China will resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, some four months after Beijing blocked shipments amid an escalating diplomatic feud between the two countries. “Good news for Canadian farmers today: Canadian pork and beef exports to China will resume,” Trudeau […]

By Kelsey Johnson

No country immune to risk of African swine fever spreading: OIE

Oct. 31, 2019 at 9:26 am CDT

Paris | Reuters – African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday. The disease, which has hit the world’s […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Bunge shares slide as China trade war, pig disease upset exports

Oct. 30, 2019 at 2:56 pm CDT

Reuters – Agricultural merchant Bunge Ltd warned on Wednesday of a drop in annual profits due to mounting challenges to its grain trading and processing business from the U.S.-China trade war and a fatal pig disease in Asia, sending shares down more than 4 percent. The company reported better-than-expected third-quarter […]

By Arundhati Sarkar Tom Polansek

Beijing’s refusal to order U.S. farm buys becomes pain point

Oct. 30, 2019 at 9:29 am CDT

Washington/Beijing/Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that Beijing commit to big purchases of American farm products has become a major sticking point in talks to end the Sino-U.S. trade war, according to several people briefed on the negotiations. Trump has said publicly that China could buy as much as […]

By Hallie Gu Heather Timmons

Canada, China meet over canola stalemate

Oct. 29, 2019 at 5:26 pm CDT

[UPDATED: Oct. 31, 2019] Glacier FarmMedia – Canada and China finally had a face-to-face meeting *Oct. 28 in Geneva on China’s de facto import ban of Canadian canola seed. The private consultation under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) went well, according to Brian Innes, the Canola Council […]

By Allan Dawson