# Trade aid helped the past 2 years, but what about 2020?

> A Farm Progress policy report reviews the $12 billion 2018 trade aid package, including $1.65 per bushel for soybeans and smaller payments for sorghum and wheat. It notes the outlook for 2020 is uncertain and includes the promise of additional aid if markets do not improve.

- Date: 2020-03-06 · published 2020-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54123-trade-aid-helped-the-past-2-years-but-what-about-2020
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Trade losses and the prospect of more aid frame the US export outlook for grains and oilseeds, with slow recovery in trade flows keeping prices under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-08-01 | [The bean at the heart of America's trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63573-the-bean-at-the-heart-of-america-s-trade-war.md) | -1.6% | -9.2% |
| SOY | 2020-01-16 | [What is the toll of trade wars on U.S. agriculture? \| PBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55070-what-is-the-toll-of-trade-wars-on-u-s-agriculture-pbs-news.md) | -2.1% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2018-08-01 | [Why Soybeans Are at the Heart of the U.S.-China Trade War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64080-why-soybeans-are-at-the-heart-of-the-u-s-china-trade-war.md) | -1.6% | -9.2% |
| SOY | 2019-06-02 | [Crude posts worst May in seven years as trade-war anxiety builds](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11593-crude-posts-worst-may-in-seven-years-as-trade-war-anxiety-builds.md) | -2.4% | +2.5% |
| SOY | 2024-05-14 | [What the US-China trade looks like by sector \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14751-what-the-us-china-trade-looks-like-by-sector-reuters.md) | +3.5% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-06-02 | [Crude posts worst May in seven years as trade-war anxiety builds](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11593-crude-posts-worst-may-in-seven-years-as-trade-war-anxiety-builds.md) | -1.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-10-03 | [Is the corn market about to feel a soybean trade war hangover?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62575-is-the-corn-market-about-to-feel-a-soybean-trade-war-hangover.md) | -1.7% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2021-07-20 | [The Trans-Pacific Trade War Is Heating Up Again  — Breakwave Advisors](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45925-the-trans-pacific-trade-war-is-heating-up-again-breakwave-advisors.md) | -1.1% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-operations/trade-aid-helped-the-past-2-years-but-what-about-2020-

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