# GMT EIGHT - Latest - CME Group's Russell Beatty: Dalian Commodity Exchange's Opening of Soybean Product Suite to Overseas Traders Is of Milestone Significance

> CME Group's Asia Pacific head Russell Beattie said Dalian Commodity Exchange's decision to open its soybean product futures suite, covering meal and oil, to overseas traders is a landmark development. He noted that CME and DCE have partnered since 2003 and that combined use of CBOT soybeans and DCE products is a common crush-margin hedge.

- Date: 2026-11-15 · published 2026-11-15T12:06:32.290Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/101088-gmt-eight-latest-cme-group-s-russell-beatty-dalian-commodity-exchange-s-opening
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Greater foreign participation should improve liquidity and link Chinese domestic soymeal and soyoil prices more closely to global benchmarks. The effect on prices is gradual rather than immediate.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SBO: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2017-05-15 | [USSEC Provides Soy Trade Price Risk Management Training to Chinese Soy Crushers and Feed Millers - U.S. Soybean Export Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71067-ussec-provides-soy-trade-price-risk-management-training-to-chinese-soy-crushers.md) | -0.9% | -2.6% |
| SBM | 2019-09-12 | [Ahead of trade talks, China makes biggest US soybean purchases since June, traders say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9439-ahead-of-trade-talks-china-makes-biggest-us-soybean-purchases-since-june.md) | +0.7% | +5.5% |
| SBM | 2026-08-12 | [Private traders sit out, testing China pledge on soybeans - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14555-private-traders-sit-out-testing-china-pledge-on-soybeans-tt.md) | +2.5% | +12.7% |
| SBM | 2018-03-09 | [China says U.S. soybeans 'prime target' over tariffs: trade group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65864-china-says-u-s-soybeans-prime-target-over-tariffs-trade-group.md) | -2.5% | +1.5% |
| SBM | 2025-11-17 | [Exclusive: China snaps up US soybeans after pledge to Trump, but at high price, traders say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7888-exclusive-china-snaps-up-us-soybeans-after-pledge-to-trump-but-at-high-price.md) | -1.7% | -5.9% |
| SBO | 2020-11-25 | [Chinese buyers look to cancel U.S. soybean orders as processing margins shrink \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50175-chinese-buyers-look-to-cancel-u-s-soybean-orders-as-processing-margins-shrink.md) | -1.6% | +8.6% |
| SBO | 2021-01-27 | [U.S. soybean crushers buy up extra beans as supply scramble looms \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49223-u-s-soybean-crushers-buy-up-extra-beans-as-supply-scramble-looms-financial-post.md) | +3.8% | +13.1% |
| SBO | 2021-12-03 | [US Soybean Export Sales Running Out of Time](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43683-us-soybean-export-sales-running-out-of-time.md) | -1.1% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- gmt8press.com: https://www.gmt8press.com/flash/detail/1555506

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