As part of its policy to strengthen China’s food security, Beijing shifts grain trade toward Brazil, inflicting a major blow to US farmers amid Trump’s trade war.
“China had stopped purchasing soybean and corn from the United States since mid-January, Nikkei Asia reported, citing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).”
“Although no longer China’s biggest soybean supplier, the U.S. sent about half of its soybean exports to the world’s second most populous country last year. In 2024, China imported more than 27 million tonnes of soybeans from the U.S., worth $12.8 billion, according to the USDA.”
- CGTN, Apr 22, 2025
Source: Nikkei Asia, April 21, 2025. https://asia.nikkei.com/…/China-halted-orders-for-U.S…
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