# Soybeans: How much is “substantial”? | articles | ING THINK

> Trade talks at the G-20 produced a 90-day pause on new US and Chinese tariffs. China's statement did not specify which goods it would buy or the timeframe, and its 25% tariff on US soybeans remains in place.

- Date: 2018-12-03 · published 2018-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11525-soybeans-how-much-is-substantial-articles-ing-think
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Because Chinese duties on US soybeans stay in force, US beans remain uncompetitive against Brazilian supply, which limits upside in CBOT prices until those tariffs are lifted.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-10-30 | [Soybean Prices are a Proxy for How the Trade War is Going - Global Trade Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56614-soybean-prices-are-a-proxy-for-how-the-trade-war-is-going-global-trade-magazine.md) | +0.4% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2025-12-05 | [Looking at the US soybean sales to China \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14619-looking-at-the-us-soybean-sales-to-china-meat-poultry.md) | -2.3% | -6.5% |
| SOY | 2019-04-24 | [Argentina seeks soybean sales in China - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59437-argentina-seeks-soybean-sales-in-china-datamarnews.md) | -2.4% | -4.6% |
| SOY | 2022-11-15 | [China mulls importing soybean meal from Brazil as supply shortage bites](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38746-china-mulls-importing-soybean-meal-from-brazil-as-supply-shortage-bites.md) | -0.3% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2026-10-07 | [Tight supplies support soybeans in wake of China’s snub](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17151-tight-supplies-support-soybeans-in-wake-of-china-s-snub.md) | -1.5% | -5.2% |

## Sources

- think.ing.com: https://think.ing.com/articles/soybeans-how-much-is-substantial/

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