# Pork and beans could take brunt of China-U.S. trade dispute

> Rabobank analysis warns that a US-China trade dispute could bring retaliation against US agricultural exports, especially pork and soybeans. It expects significant short-term price volatility and longer-term shifts in trade flows and supply chains.

- Date: 2017-03-28 · published 2017-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71849-pork-and-beans-could-take-brunt-of-china-u-s-trade-dispute
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Potential Chinese retaliation against US soybeans and pork would pressure US soybean and hog prices and widen basis, while raising volatility for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-01-20 | [Boeing and beans on China's blacklist if US trade tensions worsen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72862-boeing-and-beans-on-china-s-blacklist-if-us-trade-tensions-worsen.md) | -1.9% | -2.5% |
| SOY | 2026-09-24 | [US farmers push for China commitments on imports as Trump and Xi talk trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14547-us-farmers-push-for-china-commitments-on-imports-as-trump-and-xi-talk-trade.md) | -1.9% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2018-02-14 | [China's most powerful weapon in Trump trade war may backfire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66378-china-s-most-powerful-weapon-in-trump-trade-war-may-backfire.md) | +2.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2022-01-18 | [China to Curb Purchases of U.S. Farm Goods in 2022 as Ties Fray - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14963-china-to-curb-purchases-of-u-s-farm-goods-in-2022-as-ties-fray-bloomberg.md) | +3.4% | +15.7% |
| SOY | 2024-06-10 | [US soybean farmers urge policymakers to keep food out of trade war
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14745-us-soybean-farmers-urge-policymakers-to-keep-food-out-of-trade-war-the-pig-site.md) | +0.0% | -1.5% |
| HOGS | 2020-05-29 | [CME update: lean hog futures slide amid diplomatic tensions between the US and China
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53265-cme-update-lean-hog-futures-slide-amid-diplomatic-tensions-between-the-us-and.md) | -12.3% | -19.6% |
| HOGS | 2022-04-25 | [China Lockdown Angst Rips Through Markets; CSI 300 Stocks, Yuan (CNY/USD) Plunge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7338-china-lockdown-angst-rips-through-markets-csi-300-stocks-yuan-cny-usd-plunge.md) | -5.4% | -1.6% |
| HOGS | 2017-01-26 | [Peso falls to session lows after meeting between US and Mexico presidents falls through](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73207-peso-falls-to-session-lows-after-meeting-between-us-and-mexico-presidents-falls.md) | +2.5% | +6.2% |

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/pork-market-news/pork-and-beans-could-take-brunt-of-china-u-s-trade-dispute

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