# Trump Trade War Poses Problems for Oilseed and Vegetable Oils - Olive Oil Times

> An Olive Oil Times article reports that FAO data showed oilseed prices fell 8% in June to a 17-month low and vegetable oil prices fell 3%, their fifth straight monthly decline. The drop was attributed largely to China's additional 25% tariff on U.S. soybeans.

- Date: 2018-07-20 · published 2018-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64121-trump-trade-war-poses-problems-for-oilseed-and-vegetable-oils-olive-oil-times
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Tariff-driven weakness in soybeans and oilseeds lowers feedstock costs for buyers but signals trade-war pressure on the broader oilseed complex and soymeal spillover.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SBO: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-06-26 | [Grain and oilseed prices fall amid trade uncertainty \| 2018-06-26  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8581-grain-and-oilseed-prices-fall-amid-trade-uncertainty-2018-06-26-food-business.md) | -3.0% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2025-04-21 | [U.S.-China trade war 2.0: What are the implications for global oilseed markets? \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14672-u-s-china-trade-war-2-0-what-are-the-implications-for-global-oilseed-markets.md) | +1.3% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2025-07-31 | [Oilseeds: heavy losses for soybeans and worries about](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23826-oilseeds-heavy-losses-for-soybeans-and-worries-about.md) | -0.6% | +6.1% |
| SOY | 2018-11-30 | [Factbox: Tariff wars - duties imposed by Trump and U.S. trading partners \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61935-factbox-tariff-wars-duties-imposed-by-trump-and-u-s-trading-partners-reuters.md) | +3.3% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2024-07-31 | [Commodity flows at risk should Trump spark tit-for-tat trade war \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14736-commodity-flows-at-risk-should-trump-spark-tit-for-tat-trade-war-reuters.md) | +0.1% | -5.8% |
| SBM | 2018-11-13 | [Trump's trade war plunging demand for chicken as cheap pork fills the shelves
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62197-trump-s-trade-war-plunging-demand-for-chicken-as-cheap-pork-fills-the-shelves.md) | -0.0% | +1.7% |
| SBM | 2018-06-26 | [Grain and oilseed prices fall amid trade uncertainty \| 2018-06-26  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8581-grain-and-oilseed-prices-fall-amid-trade-uncertainty-2018-06-26-food-business.md) | -1.0% | -1.2% |
| SBM | 2025-07-31 | [Oilseeds: heavy losses for soybeans and worries about](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23826-oilseeds-heavy-losses-for-soybeans-and-worries-about.md) | +2.6% | +11.0% |

## Sources

- oliveoiltimes.com: https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/business/north-america/trump-trade-war-poses-problems-for-oilseed-and-vegetable-oils/63698

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