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Noise as China Faces 2025

Trade WarPost the November U.S. election, the focus has been on preparing for an inevitable trade war with the U.S. China has increased government reserve stocks and increased imports from Brazil. Traders worked to get ahead of the new Trump tariffs with Chinese exports in December jumping 10.7 percent. Some argue that China is already winning the industrial trade war. Its exports in 2024 reached nearly $1 trillion. A study by Rabobank says that retaliation by China to President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff plan will cause the price of soybeans to drop $1.50 - $2.00/bushel and will result in 5 million acres fewer soybeans being planted. It assumes China imposes a 25 percent tariff on all imports from grain and oilseeds from the U.S. Chi...

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