# Amid Trade Spat With US, China To Boost Grain Import From Belt And Road Nations

> A Chinese State Council think-tank researcher said China intends to increase grain imports from Belt and Road countries to diversify away from U.S. supply during the trade war. He said these countries are likely to win orders for land-intensive agricultural products.

- Date: 2018-11-14 · published 2018-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61934-amid-trade-spat-with-us-china-to-boost-grain-import-from-belt-and-road-nations
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Diversion of Chinese grain demand to other origins reduces long-term U.S. export share and tends to cap U.S. grain and soybean prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-03-13 | [Brazil and Canada win big from US-China trade war with record soy exports \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8267-brazil-and-canada-win-big-from-us-china-trade-war-with-record-soy-exports.md) | +2.2% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2024-11-01 | [China pivot from US farm imports bolsters it against trade war risks \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14704-china-pivot-from-us-farm-imports-bolsters-it-against-trade-war-risks-reuters.md) | +3.4% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2020-12-01 | [China Targets U.S. Farm Imports With Tariffs \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49501-china-targets-u-s-farm-imports-with-tariffs-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.9% | +10.9% |
| SOY | 2025-08-29 | [China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid US trade war, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14639-china-boosts-soybean-buys-from-argentina-uruguay-amid-us-trade-war-sources-say.md) | -2.1% | -1.4% |
| SOY | 2018-02-05 | [China dumping probe into US sorghum imports amid trade tension](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66552-china-dumping-probe-into-us-sorghum-imports-amid-trade-tension.md) | +0.4% | +9.0% |
| CORN | 2025-02-05 | [US grain, oilseed exports surge in 2024 without boost from China \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14683-us-grain-oilseed-exports-surge-in-2024-without-boost-from-china-reuters.md) | +0.4% | -7.9% |
| CORN | 2017-02-11 | [US grains benefit from strong Mexican trade relations \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72497-us-grains-benefit-from-strong-mexican-trade-relations-feed-strategy.md) | -1.1% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-09-22 | [WTO panel set up on China-USA row on grain import quotas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68854-wto-panel-set-up-on-china-usa-row-on-grain-import-quotas.md) | +0.2% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- ndtv.com: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amid-trade-spat-with-us-china-to-boost-grain-import-from-belt-and-road-nations-1947187

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