Trade Blame Game Deborah Elms of the Singapore-based Asian Trade Centre told a Washington audience this week that the U.S. flouting international trade rules is encouraging Asian countries to do likewise. This may be true if viewed in isolation, but then the inverse can also be said – Asia’s history of protectionism encouraged the U.S. to adopt similar intransigencies. After all, the number of dispute settlement cases against the U.S. has historically been proportional to its share of global commerce, whereas some other countries had caseloads in excess of their proportional contribution to trade. Importantly, the number of trade cases against the U.S. has increased substantially in concert with its expanded ill behavior. This...
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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