# How is China hitting back against US tariffs?

> China retaliated against new US tariffs with 15% duties on certain US agricultural imports, including chicken, corn, cotton and wheat, and a 10% levy on soybeans, sorghum, pork, beef and other goods. Beijing also placed US firms on export control and unreliable entity lists.

- Date: 2025-02-04 · published 2025-02-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14684-how-is-china-hitting-back-against-us-tariffs
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Tariffs on US grains, soybeans and sorghum make US supplies less competitive in China, pushing prices down for US exporters and shifting demand to Brazil.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-12-12 | [China Isn't Sitting Around Waiting for Higher Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14700-china-isn-t-sitting-around-waiting-for-higher-tariffs.md) | -4.4% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 2018-06-16 | [Trump's tariffs: What they are and how China is responding \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64604-trump-s-tariffs-what-they-are-and-how-china-is-responding-ap-news.md) | -1.2% | -8.4% |
| SOY | 2018-04-04 | [USDA: Tariffs Proposed by China Would Hit $16.5B in US Ag Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65376-usda-tariffs-proposed-by-china-would-hit-16-5b-in-us-ag-exports.md) | +1.2% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-04-01 | [Trump's China tariffs trigger retaliation against U.S. farm products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14679-trump-s-china-tariffs-trigger-retaliation-against-u-s-farm-products.md) | -3.1% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2018-10-28 | [Tariffs May Crown Corn King Again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62399-tariffs-may-crown-corn-king-again.md) | +3.6% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2018-06-16 | [Trump's tariffs: What they are and how China is responding \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64604-trump-s-tariffs-what-they-are-and-how-china-is-responding-ap-news.md) | -0.9% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2025-04-01 | [Trump's China tariffs trigger retaliation against U.S. farm products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14679-trump-s-china-tariffs-trigger-retaliation-against-u-s-farm-products.md) | +1.0% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2025-04-12 | [White House looks at how to help farmers hurt by China tariffs : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25112-white-house-looks-at-how-to-help-farmers-hurt-by-china-tariffs-npr.md) | +1.1% | -5.2% |

## Sources

- bbc.com: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj31l4p7vzo

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