# How Sometimes Just A Threat Of A Tariff Can Change The Flow Of Global Trade : NPR

> NPR reports that China's list of possible tariffs on U.S. soybeans, though not yet imposed, has already redirected global soybean trade flows across four continents. Affected U.S. soybean growers and the U.S. Soybean Export Council are responding to the threat.

- Date: 2018-04-13 · published 2018-04-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65549-how-sometimes-just-a-threat-of-a-tariff-can-change-the-flow-of-global-trade-npr
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Buyers shifting away from U.S. supply reduces U.S. export demand and widens basis differences, which tends to pressure U.S. soybean prices while favoring Brazilian and Argentine origins.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-04-17 | [China tariffs spark shake-up of global soybean trade flows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65372-china-tariffs-spark-shake-up-of-global-soybean-trade-flows.md) | -2.0% | -2.8% |
| 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 | 2018-05-09 | [China cutting US soybean purchases in face of tariffs threat \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64913-china-cutting-us-soybean-purchases-in-face-of-tariffs-threat-ap-news.md) | +0.7% | -1.7% |
| SOY | 2018-04-04 | [China Tariff Threat Prompts U.S. Farmers to Weigh Changes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65377-china-tariff-threat-prompts-u-s-farmers-to-weigh-changes.md) | +1.2% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-12-01 | [How the Lowly Soybean Got Trapped in the Crossfire of the U.S.-China Trade Wars](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21983-how-the-lowly-soybean-got-trapped-in-the-crossfire-of-the-u-s-china-trade-wars.md) | -2.9% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- npr.org: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602288694/how-sometimes-just-a-threat-of-a-tariff-can-change-the-flow-of-global-trade

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