# Evening Report | Love, spies and trade tensions

> Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned after an alleged affair with a woman described as a Chinese spy, prompting calls in Washington for tighter chip export curbs. China warned the US against using espionage claims as a pretext for restrictions, ahead of a planned Trump-Xi meeting at APEC in Shenzhen.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-13T09:13:08.182Z
- Category: geopolitics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97557-evening-report-love-spies-and-trade-tensions
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The chip-export dispute and tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting raise the risk of a trade setback that could delay US farm purchases by China, though the direct link to grain and oilseed prices is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-02-26 | [Black Sea Grain Export Disruptions Won't Be Easy to Replace, Analyst Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42751-black-sea-grain-export-disruptions-won-t-be-easy-to-replace-analyst-says.md) | +5.4% | +7.5% |
| SOY | 2020-10-28 | [Reading the Soy Leaves: What Soybean Imports Say About China’s 2020 US Election Preferences – The Diplomat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50503-reading-the-soy-leaves-what-soybean-imports-say-about-china-s-2020-us-election.md) | -2.1% | +10.1% |
| SOY | 2026-07-30 | [First Thing Today \| Wheat rallies overnight on Black Sea shipping disruptions - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18380-first-thing-today-wheat-rallies-overnight-on-black-sea-shipping-disruptions-pro.md) | -2.2% | +6.5% |
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| SOY | 2022-04-05 | [Brazil Needs Potash and Belarus Is Looking for Ways to Supply It - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42152-brazil-needs-potash-and-belarus-is-looking-for-ways-to-supply-it-bloomberg.md) | +3.3% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2024-02-29 | [Food as the “Silent Weapon”: Russia’s Gains and Ukraine’s Losses](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14324-food-as-the-silent-weapon-russia-s-gains-and-ukraine-s-losses.md) | +3.7% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2022-11-01 | [More grain ships leave Ukraine ports despite Russian suspension \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14440-more-grain-ships-leave-ukraine-ports-despite-russian-suspension-reuters.md) | +0.0% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2025-12-24 | [Ukraine’s grain export landscape — Breakwave Advisors](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14152-ukraine-s-grain-export-landscape-breakwave-advisors.md) | -1.0% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/pro-farmer-max/evening-report/evening-report-love-spies-and-trade-tensions

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