Pork suppliers from South America and the U.S. could gain market share in China if Beijing restricts imports from the European Union in response to escalating trade tensions, traders and analysts said.
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Rival pork exporters could benefit from China-EU trade tensions
EU pork industry faces ‘nightmare’ if China restricts imports
Hamburg | Reuters – Europe’s pork industry faces a “nightmare scenario” of lower prices and falling profitability if China restricts imports from the region, industry executives and analysts said on […] Read more
JBS says China blocks beef from US plant over detection of ractopamine
Processor JBS said on Wednesday that Beijing blocked U.S. beef shipments from the company's plant in Greeley, Colorado, because traces of the feed additive ractopamine were identified in beef destined for China.
China approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops
China has approved the safety of gene-edited wheat for the first time as Beijing cautiously moves forward with commercial growing of genetically modified food crops.
U.S. shuns free trade agreements
Senators rake the U.S. Trade Representative over the coals for the Biden administration’s trade policy agenda
Virginia Houston, director of government affairs with the American Soybean Association, says president Joe Biden’s administration feels FTAs pit U.S. domestic industries against one another.
China set for bumper harvests of grains and oilseeds, ministry says
China is set for another year of bumper harvest of grains and oilseeds, helped by expanded planting of winter wheat and rapeseed and healthy growth of seedlings, the country's agriculture ministry said on Friday.
China pork output marks first quarterly decline in four years
China's pork output eased in January-March from a year earlier, the first quarterly decline in nearly four years, as farmers slaughtered fewer pigs to support a recovery in hog prices.
Pulse Weekly: Indian demand lifting Canada’s export program
Pulse Canada president Greg Cherewyk said the country’s pulse export program remains in great shape amidst mixed news for the industry.
China’s drive to boost grain production hits bottleneck, state media says
China's drive to boost grain production has entered a bottleneck where it is difficult to increase production further, state media reported on Monday, as Beijing launched a new drive to raise domestic output by 50 million metric tons by 2030.
Rising U.S.-Chinese tensions raise concerns about trade
Market observers point to moves over the past few years by China and the West to disengage
The trade relationship between China and the United States is deteriorating and poses a threat for U.S. farmers, say analysts.