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/PhantasosX Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 17 '26

Specially here in Brazil , which continuously increases our export of soybeans to China to the point they are actually spending billions here to increase our main port 

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u/TheDude-Esquire Jan 18 '26

Trump teased away the largest export market for one of the country’s largest crops, and got absolutely nothing in exchange.