# Yellen critical of US tariffs on China | 2022-06-08 | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized Section 301 tariffs on more than $300 billion of Chinese goods and said the Treasury will look at reconfiguring them. Farm groups have asked the administration to withdraw these tariffs and retaliatory measures on U.S. agriculture.

- Date: 2022-06-08 · published 2022-06-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14923-yellen-critical-of-us-tariffs-on-china-2022-06-08-agri-pulse-communications-inc
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If the tariffs are rolled back and China's retaliation eases, U.S. soybean, corn and other farm exports to China could recover, supporting U.S. feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-06-30 | [China signals another strong year of importing US soy \| 2021-06-29  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46615-china-signals-another-strong-year-of-importing-us-soy-2021-06-29-agri-pulse.md) | +2.0% | +5.3% |
| SOY | 2020-07-22 | [China ramps up US soy purchases on good prices \| 2020-07-22  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52160-china-ramps-up-us-soy-purchases-on-good-prices-2020-07-22-agri-pulse.md) | +0.0% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2020-01-15 | [China deal to open flood gates for US ag trade \| 2020-01-15  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55159-china-deal-to-open-flood-gates-for-us-ag-trade-2020-01-15-agri-pulse.md) | -1.6% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2020-08-10 | [China soy-buying binge from US continues \| 2020-08-10  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51599-china-soy-buying-binge-from-us-continues-2020-08-10-agri-pulse-communications.md) | +3.8% | +11.4% |
| SOY | 2020-02-25 | [US: China lifts some trade barriers in phase one \| 2020-02-25  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54479-us-china-lifts-some-trade-barriers-in-phase-one-2020-02-25-agri-pulse.md) | +1.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2020-01-15 | [China deal to open flood gates for US ag trade \| 2020-01-15  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55159-china-deal-to-open-flood-gates-for-us-ag-trade-2020-01-15-agri-pulse.md) | +0.3% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2020-02-25 | [US: China lifts some trade barriers in phase one \| 2020-02-25  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54479-us-china-lifts-some-trade-barriers-in-phase-one-2020-02-25-agri-pulse.md) | +0.4% | -4.8% |
| CORN | 2025-06-11 | [U.S.-China tariff détente holds as officials eye more ag purchases \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14658-u-s-china-tariff-detente-holds-as-officials-eye-more-ag-purchases-agri-pulse.md) | -0.5% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/17818-yellen-critical-of-us-tariffs-on-china

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