# Economic Watch: Weal and woe of soybean in Sino-U.S. trade conflicts - Xinhua | English.news.cn

> Xinhua commentary says U.S. soybean farmers are caught in the Sino-U.S. trade conflict after new tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese exports. Chinese experts dismissed a U.S. proposal to use tariff revenue to buy farm produce for food aid as violating WTO rules.

- Date: 2019-05-24 · published 2019-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58953-economic-watch-weal-and-woe-of-soybean-in-sino-u-s-trade-conflicts-xinhua
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Continued uncertainty over Chinese soybean demand and the rejected food-aid plan keeps pressure on U.S. soybean prices and encourages buyers to shift toward Brazilian supply.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-05-08 | [U.S.-China trade tensions press CBOT soybeans - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7885-u-s-china-trade-tensions-press-cbot-soybeans-xinhua-english-news-cn.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2018-04-05 | [All the Threats and Tariffs in the U.S.-China Trade Conflict](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65378-all-the-threats-and-tariffs-in-the-u-s-china-trade-conflict.md) | +3.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2018-11-27 | [Soybean meal: Trade conflict makes goods cheaper again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62106-soybean-meal-trade-conflict-makes-goods-cheaper-again.md) | +5.0% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2025-09-27 | [US soybean farmers caught in Trump's trade battle with China \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14637-us-soybean-farmers-caught-in-trump-s-trade-battle-with-china-ap-news.md) | +0.4% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2018-04-04 | [China soybean salvo is well-timed shot in trade skirmish - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65552-china-soybean-salvo-is-well-timed-shot-in-trade-skirmish-marketwatch.md) | +1.2% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- xinhuanet.com: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/24/c_138086997.htm

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