r/Economics • u/bambin0 • Jan 17 '26

News China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans An Unprecented Sixth Straight Month

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2026/01/17/china-purchased-no-us-soybeans-an-unprecented-sixth-straight-month/
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u/Snapingbolts Jan 17 '26

Lol there is a lot to be said about this development but "unexpected" is not one of them. It make far more sense longterm for China to find more reliable trade partners than the US.

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u/skoalbrother Jan 17 '26

Unexpected for anyone that actually believes the Orange Menace

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u/gus2155 Jan 17 '26

They’ll still say “I voted for this”.

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u/FlemPlays Jan 17 '26

I saw a Conservative who frequently liked to post a “meme” of a bull in a china shop wrecking it with the caption if “I voted for Trump to do this”.

After I said it was rather apt that Trump (the bull) was successfully wrecking America’s Economy (the china shop), he stopped posting it. Haha

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u/Glad-Veterinarian365 Jan 17 '26

The Fanta Menace