# Global Trade Watch 2018: Trade Amid Tensions

> The World Bank's Global Trade Watch 2018 says global trade growth slowed in 2018 and stabilized in early 2019, but U.S.-China escalation could change the outlook. It notes tit-for-tat tariffs diverted trade, with large effects on soybean imports.

- Date: 2019-05-29 · published 2019-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58952-global-trade-watch-2018-trade-amid-tensions
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Diversion of soybean trade away from the U.S. toward other suppliers supports Brazilian and other origin demand while weakening U.S. soy export prices, though the report is a backward-looking analysis.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-06-29 | [In 2017 – 2018г. global production of oil meals will reach a new record](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70616-in-2017-2018-global-production-of-oil-meals-will-reach-a-new-record.md) | +7.3% | +8.8% |
| SOY | 2018-03-22 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 22, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65889-grain-transportation-report-march-22-2018.md) | -1.1% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2021-03-30 | [Global Oilseeds Trade Trends \|         Global Oil & Fats Business Online – gofbonline.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48202-global-oilseeds-trade-trends-global-oil-and-fats-business-online-gofbonline-com.md) | +1.8% | +11.3% |
| SOY | 2019-11-12 | [Global markets seek direction after benign WASDE - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56020-global-markets-seek-direction-after-benign-wasde-grain-central.md) | +0.6% | -0.4% |
| SOY | 2019-04-18 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 18, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59495-grain-transportation-report-april-18-2019.md) | -2.2% | -4.5% |

## Sources

- worldbank.org: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/trade/publication/global-trade-watch-2018-trade-amid-tensions

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