Insights and Stories on Trade War

a man cooking beef brisket on a barbecue in a restaurant in Beijing, China

US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

Apr. 21, 2025 at 10:35 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters – At Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant in Beijing, staff are reprinting menus. The U.S.-China trade war means American beef – once the star ingredient – will soon be off the table. Home Plate’s beef, previously sourced entirely from the U.S., is increasingly Australian. The restaurant […]

A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.

Proposed U.S. port fees on China-built ships choking coal, agriculture exports

Mar. 19, 2025 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Lisa Baertlein Reuters Timothy Gardner

Tariffs mute Manitoba welcome for new potato processor

Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:13 pm CST

By Jeff Melchior

Trump, citing U.S. farmers, slaps metal tariffs on Brazil, Argentina

Dec. 2, 2019 at 6:49 pm CST

By Andrea Shalal Gabriel Stargardter

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

Nov. 7, 2019 at 9:58 am CST

By Karen Braun

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

MarketsFarm – There needs to be some kind of firm, tangible action when it comes to the partial trade agreement between the United States and China, said Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. He pointed to China, which recently said it wants some of the tariffs the U.S. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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

China to request U.S. remove tariffs in exchange for ag buys

Oct. 25, 2019 at 9:57 am CDT

Washington | Reuters – Top U.S. and Chinese trade officials will discuss plans on Friday for China to buy more U.S. farm products, but in return, Beijing will request cancellation of some planned and existing U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, people briefed on the talks told Reuters. Robert Lighthizer, the […]

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder

How a major U.S. farm lender left a trail of defaults, lawsuits

Oct. 22, 2019 at 1:13 pm CDT

Harrod, Ohio | Reuters — After completing a credit review in a half-hour phone call, a BMO Harris Bank underwriter cleared US$12 million in loans for Ohio corn and soybean producer Greg Kruger in 2013. Kruger had initially asked for a $2 million loan to build a grain elevator. But […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

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