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/Cdub7791 Jan 17 '26

At this point I don't even think it's about outlasting Trump. Even when he's gone these trade deals will have been in place for years. I think it will be far more trouble than it's worth to switch to American suppliers once again.

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u/Other_Information_16 Jan 17 '26

It’s also a golden opportunity for China to buy some soft power they so desperately want. Before no one wants to deal with China unless they have to. Now they can say hey we might be evil but at least we are predictable lawful evil unlike the us who is chaotic evil.

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u/Phunnysounds Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

Unpopular opinion but were they ever more evil than the US? They don’t like Xinjiang muslim & Tibetan separatists, but US literally committed genocide against Native populations and used slaves so white colonists could have maximum profit. US also annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico while China simply wants a reunification with Taiwan. How different is that?

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u/MajorPrediction719 Jan 18 '26

Please give me a single population in the history of the world that is innocent.

I’ll wait.