# China yuan counter-cyclical factor: currency tweak is trade war dovish

> China's central bank reintroduced a counter-cyclical factor into its yuan fixing to restrain depreciation amid trade tensions with the US. Analysts read the move as signaling that the yuan will not be used as a trade war weapon.

- Date: 2018-08-27 · published 2018-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63741-china-yuan-counter-cyclical-factor-currency-tweak-is-trade-war-dovish
- Commodities: [Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDCNY.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced yuan weakness lowers the effective cost of US feed imports for Chinese buyers, a modest support for soybean and meal demand, while the trade dispute itself remains the main price driver.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- USDCNY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDCNY | 2018-07-24 | [VN currency suffers from US-China trade war \| VOV.VN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64334-vn-currency-suffers-from-us-china-trade-war-vov-vn.md) | +0.3% | +0.9% |
| USDCNY | 2018-02-23 | [Chinese yuan against the dollar: China currency appreciation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66714-chinese-yuan-against-the-dollar-china-currency-appreciation.md) | +0.1% | -0.3% |
| USDCNY | 2024-08-23 | [After battle with yuan bears, China is now keen to avoid sharp currency gains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29022-after-battle-with-yuan-bears-china-is-now-keen-to-avoid-sharp-currency-gains.md) | -0.7% | -1.3% |
| USDCNY | 2020-02-04 | [China signals support for yuan with currency fix stronger than 7 per US dollar \| The Straits Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5134-china-signals-support-for-yuan-with-currency-fix-stronger-than-7-per-us-dollar.md) | -0.6% | -0.9% |
| USDCNY | 2019-09-26 | [China sells 10 billion yuan of bills in Hong Kong to protect currency ahead of National Day, US trade war talks \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57292-china-sells-10-billion-yuan-of-bills-in-hong-kong-to-protect-currency-ahead-of.md) | +0.2% | -0.9% |
| SOY | 2018-02-08 | [China's Yuan Toppled From Two-Year High as Trade Data Surprises - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7104-china-s-yuan-toppled-from-two-year-high-as-trade-data-surprises-bloomberg.md) | +3.5% | +7.2% |
| SOY | 2021-11-18 | [Brazil's Guedes says political 'noise' weakening real currency \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44255-brazil-s-guedes-says-political-noise-weakening-real-currency-financial-post.md) | -0.8% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2026-03-12 | [Offshore Yuan Falls on Strong Dollar — TradingView News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11678-offshore-yuan-falls-on-strong-dollar-tradingview-news.md) | -3.2% | -2.9% |

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/27/china-yuan-counter-cyclical-factor-currency-tweak-is-trade-war-dovish.html

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