Insights and Stories on Tariffs

U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

May. 7, 2019 at 5:53 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it will begin imposing a 17.5 per cent tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes, but said it is optimistic that a deal can be reached to extend a 2013 agreement that suspended a U.S. anti-dumping investigation. “The Department of Commerce […]

U.S. grains: Soy futures stabilize, eyeing China trade talks

May. 7, 2019 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans plunge after Trump tariff threat against China

May. 6, 2019 at 8:27 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures limit down on China trade fight, swine fever fears

May. 6, 2019 at 4:09 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes

May. 2, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Trump administration eyes more aid to farmers if necessary

Apr. 29, 2019 at 5:37 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration is ready to provide more federal aid to farmers if required, a White House adviser said on Monday, after rolling out up to US$12 billion since last year to offset agricultural losses from the trade dispute with China. “We have allocated $12 billion, […]

By Reuters

ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

Apr. 26, 2019 at 3:05 pm CDT

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Biofuels pioneer Archer Daniels Midland took another step toward abandoning its pure-play ethanol assets on Friday, the latest sign of the industry’s struggles with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars, thin margins, and overproduction. U.S. law requires ethanol to be blended into gasoline but domestic […]

By Chris Prentice Jarrett Renshaw P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat futures edge higher in turnaround from losses

Apr. 17, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday in a rebound from falls to one-month lows a day earlier on the Chicago Board of Trade and contract lows in Kansas City and Minneapolis markets. Soybean futures set a five-month low, while corn futures also eased. Tuesday’s wheat price […]

By Tom Polansek

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

Apr. 15, 2019 at 6:46 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and aims to conclude a deal before year-end, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday. The EU approved two areas for negotiation, opposed by France with an abstention from […]

By philip-blenkinsop

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up third straight session

Apr. 12, 2019 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Friday for a third straight session on expectations that an outbreak of African swine fever in China’s hog herd would prompt the Asian country to import more pork, traders said. Traders were still digesting Thursday’s export […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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