Carou-Selled When carousel retaliation (periodically changing the products targeted for trade retaliation) was introduced in 2000, the goal was to increase the uncertainty and broaden the pain inflicted to increase the chance of compliance by the targeted country. This week the Trump Administration adjusted the targeted products being punished in Europe over Airbus subsidies and the reaction was muted. In part because the products removed from retaliation are relieved, offsetting the screaming from the newly targeted products. It probably helped as well that the level of punishment was kept the same and USTR emphasized the goal of a negotiated settlement. With the WTO likely to rule next month on the level of retaliation Brussels can impos...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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