# Soybean Market Gets Jittery About China After Trump’s Tariff Move - Bloomberg

> Soybean futures became jittery after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on imported solar panels, and China expressed displeasure at the move. China is the largest buyer of US soybeans, and the article asks whether the crop could be drawn into a trade dispute. Growing production and inventories have already weighed on prices.

- Date: 2018-01-23 · published 2018-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66857-soybean-market-gets-jittery-about-china-after-trump-s-tariff-move-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Fear of Chinese retaliation against US soybean purchases adds downside risk to already heavy US supplies and competition with South America.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-11-26 | [Corn, Soybeans Ease as Market Digests Trump Tariff Threats](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6059-corn-soybeans-ease-as-market-digests-trump-tariff-threats.md) | +0.6% | -1.1% |
| SOY | 2025-03-04 | [China targets US soybeans, lumber in stepped-up response to Trump tariffs \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14676-china-targets-us-soybeans-lumber-in-stepped-up-response-to-trump-tariffs-reuters.md) | +0.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2025-08-27 | [China’s Soy Crushers May Be Facing a Winter Without US Beans - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23362-china-s-soy-crushers-may-be-facing-a-winter-without-us-beans-bloomberg.md) | -1.2% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2018-04-06 | [Short-Term Palm Boost After China Tariff on US Soybeans: Traders](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65607-short-term-palm-boost-after-china-tariff-on-us-soybeans-traders.md) | +2.9% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2018-11-01 | [Trump's Tariff War Scrambles U.S. Trade Routes as Soy Piles Up - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62087-trump-s-tariff-war-scrambles-u-s-trade-routes-as-soy-piles-up-bloomberg.md) | +3.4% | +5.8% |
| SBM | 2023-04-14 | [China's soybean demand slump baffles market \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36428-china-s-soybean-demand-slump-baffles-market-the-western-producer.md) | -1.7% | -7.5% |
| SBM | 2019-11-01 | [Soybean Prices Dip As Trump's Chinese Tariffs Take Effect](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56103-soybean-prices-dip-as-trump-s-chinese-tariffs-take-effect.md) | +0.4% | -4.4% |
| SBM | 2019-08-08 | [US-China trade war: Soybean farmers are working new markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57614-us-china-trade-war-soybean-farmers-are-working-new-markets.md) | 0.0% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-23/soybean-market-gets-jittery-over-china-after-solar-panel-tariffs

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