# US-China Trade War Tariffs Have Hurt American Industries, Workers

> The Biden administration said it was considering dropping some tariffs on Chinese imports to ease inflation. Section 301 tariffs on about $34 billion, $16 billion and $100 billion in goods face expiration dates in summer 2022 unless extended after review. China's retaliatory tariffs targeted agricultural and seafood products, including soybeans and pork.

- Date: 2022-05-13 · published 2022-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14934-us-china-trade-war-tariffs-have-hurt-american-industries-workers
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Removing retaliatory and US tariffs would reopen China's market for US soybeans and pork, which would support US soybean demand and prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-10-06 | [USTR explains changes in US policy on trade with China \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44417-ustr-explains-changes-in-us-policy-on-trade-with-china-meat-poultry.md) | -4.2% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2025-08-01 | [Trump's America First biodiesel policy could cost US companies, consumers, trade groups warn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15094-trump-s-america-first-biodiesel-policy-could-cost-us-companies-consumers-trade.md) | +1.0% | +6.9% |
| SOY | 2026-04-30 | [Record US biofuel targets to test biodiesel industry after slow year \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15030-record-us-biofuel-targets-to-test-biodiesel-industry-after-slow-year-reuters.md) | -0.3% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2026-10-02 | [US and China Unveil $30 Billion Tariff-Cut Framework for Agricultural Exports - Beijing Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4457-us-and-china-unveil-30-billion-tariff-cut-framework-for-agricultural-exports.md) | +0.3% | -5.0% |
| SOY | 2024-11-13 | [Trump trade policy seen as wild card for US soybean farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15167-trump-trade-policy-seen-as-wild-card-for-us-soybean-farmers.md) | -0.5% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- taxfoundation.org: https://taxfoundation.org/blog/us-china-tariffs-trade-war/

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