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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'It's everything': 5-year-high pork cancellation signals China weaning off US farm goods
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3307950/its-everything-5-year-high-pork-cancellation-signals-china-weaning-us-farm-goods Last week, Chinese importers withdrew orders for 12,030 metric tonnes of American pork – the largest cancellation since May 2020, early in the Covid-19 pandemic – according to US Department of Agriculture figures.
Analysts expect American pig farmers to feel the pinch, despite most not relying exclusively on the Chinese market, and producers of other agricultural goods to share a bigger burden in the trade war.
“This is a targeted response from China to hurt parts of the [US] that are red,” said Dexter Roberts, a US-based senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank’s Global China Hub.
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“People are very aware of this and very worried,” Roberts said. “One bad year and you might be mortgaging the farm.”
Analysts expect American pig farmers to feel the pinch, despite most not relying exclusively on the Chinese market, and producers of other agricultural goods to share a bigger burden in the trade war.
“This is a targeted response from China to hurt parts of the [US] that are red,” said Dexter Roberts, a US-based senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank’s Global China Hub.
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“People are very aware of this and very worried,” Roberts said. “One bad year and you might be mortgaging the farm.”

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'It's everything': 5-year-high pork cancellation signals China weaning off US farm goods (Original Post)
usonian
Apr 26
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Norrrm
(1,944 posts)1. Remember:::: "Trade wars are good and easy to win."
FAFO
BidenRocks
(1,644 posts)2. This guy went to college, you can tell.
“This is a targeted response from China to hurt parts of the [US] that are red,” said Dexter Roberts, a US-based senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank’s Global China Hub.
No shit! Red states = chump support = tariffs
Canada hit Kentucky distillers.. (Actually, chump did)
NJCher
(40,373 posts)3. See trump presidenting?
Bad for US.
(Have to spell it out for the magats.)
usonian
(18,364 posts)6. Four paragraph limit.
So I deleted
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Most American farm states are considered Republican-leaning, and voted for US President Donald Trump in last November’s election.
People here know.
littlemissmartypants
(27,999 posts)4. Chinese water torture.
Sneederbunk
(16,256 posts)5. Of the top 5 hog raising states
Minnesota and Illinois are not red states.
multigraincracker
(35,852 posts)7. True, but the rural areas of those states are Red.
Pig farmers don’t live in Chicago.
SunSeeker
(56,013 posts)8. The FAFO just keeps on coming. nt
usonian
(18,364 posts)10. More FAFO's than you can imagine.
Mountainguy
(2,064 posts)9. When you disrupt supply chains
the endpoint will adapt and a new chain will develop. The old chain will probably never come back.
They are losing these markets for a generation or more.
BidenRocks
(1,644 posts)11. They probably destroy the herd
before selling low.
Anything to keep the price up/