# US soybean farmers caught in Trump's trade battle with China | AP News

> China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods now total up to 34% on U.S. soybeans, and they also affect U.S. sorghum, corn and cotton exports. The tariffs make soybeans from other countries cheaper for Chinese buyers.

- Date: 2025-09-27 · published 2025-09-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14637-us-soybean-farmers-caught-in-trump-s-trade-battle-with-china-ap-news
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Tariffs on U.S. grain and oilseed exports reduce foreign demand for U.S. crops and shift trade flows toward competing exporters. This pressures U.S. soybean, corn and sorghum prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-11-12 | [U.S. soybean farmers hang on for dear life in Trump's China trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62097-u-s-soybean-farmers-hang-on-for-dear-life-in-trump-s-china-trade-war.md) | +1.9% | +4.5% |
| SOY | 2018-04-13 | [China traders, farmers shrug off risk of US soybeans tariff \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65373-china-traders-farmers-shrug-off-risk-of-us-soybeans-tariff-ap-news.md) | -2.2% | -4.5% |
| SOY | 2019-08-08 | [US-China trade war: Soybean farmers are working new markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57614-us-china-trade-war-soybean-farmers-are-working-new-markets.md) | +1.4% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2018-07-13 | [Canadian farmers 'caught in the crossfire' of US-China trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64037-canadian-farmers-caught-in-the-crossfire-of-us-china-trade-war.md) | +1.9% | +7.0% |
| SOY | 2020-01-09 | [New Data: U.S. Soybean Farmers Lost 2nd Year To China Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55115-new-data-u-s-soybean-farmers-lost-2nd-year-to-china-trade-war.md) | -1.0% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2019-05-08 | [Trade war: US-China trade battle in charts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10431-trade-war-us-china-trade-battle-in-charts.md) | +0.3% | +10.5% |
| CORN | 2018-10-12 | [Trade War Drives Farmers to Corn as China Shuns US Soybeans - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8558-trade-war-drives-farmers-to-corn-as-china-shuns-us-soybeans-tt.md) | +2.4% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [New US-China Trade War Could Cost Farmers Billions \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27846-new-us-china-trade-war-could-cost-farmers-billions-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/article/soybeans-trade-tariff-china-united-states-export-025792707c4e4e91d975f8558edae1d8

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