# China Stocks fall on trade concerns

> Mainland Chinese stocks closed lower on December 5, 2018, as investors doubted that the US-China weekend truce would lead to a lasting trade settlement. Beijing had given no details on the tariff cease-fire or on Trump's claimed auto tariff cuts and farm purchases.

- Date: 2018-12-05 · published 2018-12-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6920-china-stocks-fall-on-trade-concerns
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent doubt about the trade truce keeps uncertainty over Chinese purchases of US farm goods, which weighs on soybean and grain demand expectations.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-01-22 | [China falls short of U.S. trade commitments \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49012-china-falls-short-of-u-s-trade-commitments-the-western-producer.md) | -1.2% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2018-05-23 | [U.S.-China trade row sows confusion in farmer planting plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64914-u-s-china-trade-row-sows-confusion-in-farmer-planting-plans.md) | -0.7% | -13.7% |
| SOY | 2026-08-12 | [Private traders sit out, testing China pledge on soybeans - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14555-private-traders-sit-out-testing-china-pledge-on-soybeans-tt.md) | +4.6% | +12.9% |
| SOY | 2020-01-15 | [What's in the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54939-what-s-in-the-u-s-china-phase-1-trade-deal.md) | -1.6% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2024-09-27 | [China's oil mills realised most of their soybean meal stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28384-china-s-oil-mills-realised-most-of-their-soybean-meal-stocks.md) | +0.5% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/china-stocks-fall-on-trade-concerns-118120500671_1.html

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