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Oct 28, 2020GEOPOLITICSChina

Reading the Soy Leaves: What Soybean Imports Say About China’s 2020 US Election Preferences

An analysis from The Diplomat examines how China's soybean import pattern may reflect its preferences in the 2020 US presidential election. It cites Chinese scholars who disagree on whether Trump or Biden would be better for China.

WHY IT MATTERS

This is political commentary with no direct new supply or demand change, so its effect on soybean prices is minimal.

AFFECTSSoybeans◆

SOURCE
thediplomat.comElizabeth WishnickOct 28, 2020

Price reaction & history

Soybeans◆neutralSO FAR1d -2.3%5d -2.1%20d +10.1%

After 20 past neutral geopolitics events, Soybeans moved a median -0.6% over 5 sessions (45% higher; middle half -2.2% to +1.5%), and +0.9% over 20.

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Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.

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