Insights and Stories on United States

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 […]

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

Oct. 25, 2019 at 9:57 am CDT

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder

Trump’s hailing of Chinese farm purchases seen as ‘meaningless’

Oct. 14, 2019 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton

U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

Oct. 11, 2019 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

U.S. set to widen trade war on EU front

Oct. 2, 2019 at 7:24 pm CDT

By David Shepardson philip-blenkinsop Tim Hepher

U.S., Japan sign limited trade deal

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:05 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed a limited trade deal on Wednesday that cuts tariffs on U.S. farm goods, Japanese machine tools and other products while further staving off the threat of higher U.S. car duties. Trump said the deal […]

By David Lawder Jeff Mason

China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:19 pm CDT

Shanghai | Reuters — China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, including pork and soybeans, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new round of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war. The United […]

By Andrew Galbraith

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — In the latest supply and demand report from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the global wheat forecast was revised downward due to difficult weather conditions. USDA has now projected 765.53 million tonnes of wheat to be produced in 2019-20, according to the department’s world agriculture supply and demand […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Brazil expected to introduce tariff-free wheat import quota from 2020

Sep. 3, 2019 at 12:34 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil is expected to introduce a tariff-free wheat import quota of 750,000 tonnes per year starting from 2020, the president of the country’s wheat industry group Abitrigo, Rubens Barbosa, said on Tuesday. Brazil announced the opening of the tariff-free wheat import quota earlier this year […]

By roberto-samora

Japan set to grant TPP-level access for U.S. beef, pork

Aug. 24, 2019 at 3:08 am CDT

Tokyo | Reuters — The United States and Japan have reached the broad framework of a trade agreement, Japan’s Nikkei business daily said on Saturday, with Tokyo making concessions on its agriculture but none immediately apparent from Washington on automobiles. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi […]

By David Lawder Kaori Kaneko

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