Category: Agriculture

Chinese Demand Boosts Brazilian Coffee Exports and Challenges Small Producers

Since 2018, São Paulo–based businesswoman Carla Guindani has been eyeing the Chinese market. That year, she was invited by ApexBrasil, a Brazilian government agency dedicated to promoting exports, to exhibit family farming products at the Shanghai International Food Exhibition. At the time, Guindani was head of a ...

As China Buys From South America, U.S. Farmers Reel From Soybean Slump Amid Escalating Trade War

By Beiyi Seow The U.S. soybean harvest is underway and in rural Maryland, farmer Travis Hutchison cracks open a pod to show how a field is nearly dry enough for reaping. But a decent yield ...

Beijing Pushes Palm Oil, Rubber Supply Guarantees from Jakarta

China asked Indonesia to guarantee long-term supplies of crude palm oil (CPO), natural rubber, and edible bird’s nest during bilateral farm talks in Jakarta on Tuesday, Indonesia’s vice minister of agriculture, Sudaryono, said. “Indonesia is open to cooperation in this ...

Trump to Meet Argentina’s President Amid China Soybean Tensions

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Millei, in two weeks. The meeting comes as huge exports to China threaten an economic deal between the two right-wing governments. Argentina’s soybean exports to China rose to ...

Chinese Importers Buy Argentinian Soybeans Amid Global Trade Shift

Chinese agricultural traders booked at least ten orders of Argentinian soybeans following the Milei government announcement on Monday that it will suspend export taxes on key crops. The move comes as Argentina tries to boost its supply of dollars and ease pressure on the peso.

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

U.S. Soybean Farmers Anxiously Watch Brazil Sell More and More to China

Chinese soybean imports from Brazil rose by 2.4% in August compared to last year, according to customs data, a modest increase but one that nonetheless causes considerable consternation for U.S. farmers who have yet to sell a single bean to China this year.

China Says Extends Probe Into Beef Imports

China has extended a months-long investigation into whether beef imports had harmed the domestic industry, the commerce ministry said Wednesday. The price of beef in China has trended downwards in recent years, with analysts blaming oversupply and a lack of demand ...

[WEEK IN REVIEW] China Invests in Angola to Secure Food Supply Chains

Chinese construction giant Sinohydro signed a $100 million deal with Angola to build out the country's agricultural infrastructure in a bid to boost grain production. While 60% of the output from this venture will be shipped to China, the rest will ...

Mango Deal Sweetens Ties Between Bangladesh and China

Bangladesh waved off its first consignment of mangoes to China on Wednesday, a largely symbolic export as Beijing seeks to sweeten ties after relations soured between Dhaka and its former ally and neighbor, India. Bangladesh, still reeling from the political fallout ...

China, EU Suspend Brazil Chicken Imports Over Bird Flu

China and the European Union have suspended imports of chicken meat from Brazil, the world's biggest exporter of the commodity, after an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in the South American country, officials said Friday. China is the main importer ...

China, EU Suspend Brazil Chicken Imports Over Bird Flu

China and the European Union have suspended imports of chicken meat from Brazil, the world's biggest exporter of the commodity, after an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in the South American country, officials said Friday. China is the main importer ...

China Further Shifts Agricultural Trade to South America in Tariff Standoff

Halting food and fuel imports from the United States will not negatively affect China's food and energy security, a senior Chinese official said on Monday. Zhao Chenxin, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said China has sufficiently diversified its imports that a freeze in U.S. ...
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