# US lawmakers push to increase tariffs in trade ‘reset’ with China | Agriculture Dive

> A bipartisan House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party recommended resetting US trade with China, including revoking low tariff rates set over two decades ago. The report warned that tougher measures could bring retaliation against US agriculture and urged USDA to find alternative export markets.

- Date: 2023-12-13 · published 2023-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14793-us-lawmakers-push-to-increase-tariffs-in-trade-reset-with-china-agriculture-dive
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Proposed tariff increases raise the risk of Chinese retaliation against US farm exports, which would pressure soybean and other US agricultural prices if enacted.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-03-04 | [Which U.S. agricultural products did China hit with tariffs? \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11141-which-u-s-agricultural-products-did-china-hit-with-tariffs-reuters.md) | +0.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2026-06-09 | [China's role in US agriculture isn't what it used to be \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12563-china-s-role-in-us-agriculture-isn-t-what-it-used-to-be-reuters.md) | +0.3% | +7.1% |
| SOY | 2023-11-02 | [U.S. farm leaders, visiting China, talk up agriculture trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14797-u-s-farm-leaders-visiting-china-talk-up-agriculture-trade-reuters.md) | +4.5% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2024-03-25 | [Limited impact on US agriculture from China tariffs \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14765-limited-impact-on-us-agriculture-from-china-tariffs-latest-market-news.md) | -0.6% | -2.6% |
| SOY | 2018-06-16 | [China hits U.S. agriculture with retaliation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64580-china-hits-u-s-agriculture-with-retaliation.md) | -1.2% | -8.4% |

## Sources

- agriculturedive.com: https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/us-pushed-sever-china-trade-relationship-agriculture-tariffs/702393/

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