# China hits U.S. agriculture with retaliation

> China announced a 25 percent retaliatory tariff on multiple US goods including sorghum, soybeans, cotton, wheat, beef and pork, effective July 6. The move responds to new US tariffs of 25 percent on 1,102 Chinese goods.

- Date: 2018-06-16 · published 2018-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64580-china-hits-u-s-agriculture-with-retaliation
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Tariffs on US sorghum and soybeans reduce Chinese import demand and pressure US feed grain and oilseed prices, while encouraging buyers to shift to other origins.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-03-04 | [Which U.S. agricultural products did China hit with tariffs? \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11141-which-u-s-agricultural-products-did-china-hit-with-tariffs-reuters.md) | +0.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2018-04-04 | [How China will target U.S. agriculture - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65374-how-china-will-target-u-s-agriculture-politico.md) | +1.2% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2022-01-11 | [The Economic Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture - WITA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43144-the-economic-impacts-of-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agriculture-wita.md) | -1.0% | +14.1% |
| SOY | 2019-09-05 | [Retaliatory Tariffs and U.S. Agriculture - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57078-retaliatory-tariffs-and-u-s-agriculture-everycrsreport-com.md) | -1.0% | +5.9% |
| SOY | 2018-06-22 | [China's Retaliation to Trump's Tariffs \| PIIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64584-china-s-retaliation-to-trump-s-tariffs-piie.md) | -2.2% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2018-04-04 | [How China will target U.S. agriculture - POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65374-how-china-will-target-u-s-agriculture-politico.md) | +0.2% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2019-09-05 | [Retaliatory Tariffs and U.S. Agriculture - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57078-retaliatory-tariffs-and-u-s-agriculture-everycrsreport-com.md) | -2.8% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2023-11-02 | [U.S. farm leaders, visiting China, talk up agriculture trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14797-u-s-farm-leaders-visiting-china-talk-up-agriculture-trade-reuters.md) | +1.4% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/sorghum/china-hits-u-s-agriculture-with-retaliation?ag_brand=southwestfarmpress.com

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