# China Widens Gate to GMO Crop Imports from U.S. - Caixin Global

> China approved imports of 16 GMO crop varieties, including two new permits for Dow's Enlist corn and Monsanto's Vistive Gold soybeans, with 14 renewals. The approvals were made under a 100-day trade plan agreed by Presidents Trump and Xi.

- Date: 2017-06-16 · published 2017-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70354-china-widens-gate-to-gmo-crop-imports-from-u-s-caixin-global
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded approval of U.S. GMO corn and soybean varieties eases a constraint on U.S. feed grain and soymeal exports to China.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- caixinglobal.com: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-06-16/china-widens-gate-to-gmo-crop-imports-from-us-101102192.html

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