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riversedge

(79,362 posts)
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM Jul 2025

Jul 15, 2025: China CANCELS All US Soybean Orders -- 2.4 Million Tons & $1.1 Billion VANISHED In Hours......




2 MINS AGO: China CANCELS All US Soybean Orders — 2.4 Million Tons & $1.1 Billion VANISHED In Hours
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Jul 15, 2025 #china #usa #tradewar


2 MINS AGO: China CANCELS All US Soybean Orders — 2.4 Million Tons & $1.1 Billion VANISHED In Hours

China just sent a jolt through global markets by abruptly halting all U.S. soybean shipments—diverting 2.4 million tons to Brazil in a matter of hours and effectively erasing $1.1 billion in American agricultural contracts. But this wasn’t just a trade adjustment; it was a calculated move. By targeting a key U.S. export at the height of shipping season, Beijing struck where it would be felt most—sending shockwaves from commodity markets to Capitol Hill to the heartland farms of the Midwest.

In this video, we break down the bigger picture behind the headlines. Using real-time trade data, USDA reports, and insights from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, we explore how China’s action may mark the beginning of a broader economic pivot. What looks like a grain shipment reroute could actually signal a strategic decoupling in progress—one with implications for U.S. agriculture, global supply chains, and long-standing trade norms.




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Jul 15, 2025: China CANCELS All US Soybean Orders -- 2.4 Million Tons & $1.1 Billion VANISHED In Hours...... (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2025 OP
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2025 #1
That's why soybean futures and options exist. Lucky Luciano Jul 2025 #26
Farmers can learn not to vote for psychos. vanlassie Jul 2025 #33
This was initiated a few months back. LuvLoogie Jul 2025 #2
Yep n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #7
very very misleading YT video... WarGamer Jul 2025 #21
I hope y'all like soy beans. Hugin Jul 2025 #3
Soy beans, and markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #11
What complicates that is they always want their money now! Hugin Jul 2025 #13
Auto makers somehow incorporated soy into wire insulation. usonian Jul 2025 #12
That rings a bell... Hugin Jul 2025 #15
This cake usonian Jul 2025 #22
Sounds like something rodents might like to chew on. pecosbob Jul 2025 #36
Squirrels (?) had a habit of taking their last meal on wires at the U.C. Berkeley power substation. usonian Jul 2025 #37
He and Frederick Douglas are at the WH celebrating "football" with tsf. rubbersole Jul 2025 #28
Looks like TOFU is on the menu boys JCMach1 Jul 2025 #4
We need to come up with an acronym for TOFU like TACO. Hugin Jul 2025 #5
Often? Ordinarily? BadgerMom Jul 2025 #8
Oh, bravo! Hugin Jul 2025 #9
Trump Often Fucks Underlings. rubbersole Jul 2025 #29
Trump Ordinarily (or Only) Fucks Up? nt Ilsa Jul 2025 #17
Obviously? Hugin Jul 2025 #20
TOFU swong19104 Jul 2025 #25
trump obviously fucked up...again tazcat Jul 2025 #32
Shit has consequences spanone Jul 2025 #6
Alarmist headline about old news. n/t Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #10
Aren't you glad you voted for the Turd, you Iowa Hayseeds? Tarzanrock Jul 2025 #14
And Canada just exported natural gas to Japan for the first time Justice matters. Jul 2025 #16
THIS WAS TWO MONTHS AGO AverageOldGuy Jul 2025 #18
They've been doing this all along. Figarosmom Jul 2025 #19
What does diverting 2.4 million tons to Brazil in a matter of hours mean? MichMan Jul 2025 #23
So are "soy boys" now super-patriots for supporting American farmers? Will MAGA become "soy boys"? JHB Jul 2025 #24
Well Done, China. TACO now knows that you hold all the cards Bread and Circuses Jul 2025 #27
This will devastate farmers. nt iemanja Jul 2025 #30
THE ART OF THE DEAL! Hassler Jul 2025 #31
The Amazon will Perish. It Gets Burned Down to Make McDonalds Burger Steer Grazing and Soybean Farming MrWowWow Jul 2025 #34
"Take that, you draft-dodging republicon felon a-hole. Ha ha." - Chiner BoRaGard Jul 2025 #35

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Lucky Luciano

(11,813 posts)
26. That's why soybean futures and options exist.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:18 AM
Jul 2025

So soybeans can be risk managed after planting.

That said, having a lunatic as President still makes such risk management difficult.

LuvLoogie

(8,512 posts)
2. This was initiated a few months back.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:55 PM
Jul 2025

Unless they cancelled the move after trump caved, then reinstated more recently.

WarGamer

(18,249 posts)
21. very very misleading YT video...
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:49 PM
Jul 2025
https://www.world-grain.com/articles/21302-report-china-halts-us-corn-soybean-orders

WASHINGTON, DC, US — China has not placed an order for US corn and soybeans since Jan. 16, four days before the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, Nikkei Asia reported, citing data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Hugin

(37,420 posts)
3. I hope y'all like soy beans.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:04 PM
Jul 2025

They're going to be in fricken everything.

I seem to remember someone experimenting with using them to make tires in the '30s or something.

Where's George Washington Carver when you need him?

markodochartaigh

(5,017 posts)
11. Soy beans, and
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:28 PM
Jul 2025

many soybean products can be stored for years. The hedge funds who own those commodities won't feel the slightest compunction to sell them cheap just because Mr and Mrs America and their six kids seem to have gotten themselves into a situation where they have no food on the table.

Hugin

(37,420 posts)
13. What complicates that is they always want their money now!
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:35 PM
Jul 2025

What you say is true, they have no problem leaving other people's money linger in the markets forever. Even though those people may need their money for things like food and healthcare.

usonian

(23,517 posts)
12. Auto makers somehow incorporated soy into wire insulation.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:35 PM
Jul 2025

Starting massive feasts on insulation by Mickey, Minnie and company. Neighbor paid a ton of money to have his car rewired.

They done missed shooting themselves in the foot and shot themselves in the head instead. Brilliant move.

https://www.motorverso.com/which-cars-have-soy-based-wiring/

"The common consensus was that rodent damage in cars has increased exponentially over the last 10 years.”

Hugin

(37,420 posts)
15. That rings a bell...
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:37 PM
Jul 2025

Maybe that's what it was soy-based polymers.

Let Mickey eat cake!

pecosbob

(8,308 posts)
36. Sounds like something rodents might like to chew on.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:53 AM
Jul 2025

I recall a lot of fires started because of rats chewing insulation off wires back in the old days.

usonian

(23,517 posts)
37. Squirrels (?) had a habit of taking their last meal on wires at the U.C. Berkeley power substation.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:57 AM
Jul 2025

I guess "electical safety" was a pass-fail course for them.

Hugin

(37,420 posts)
5. We need to come up with an acronym for TOFU like TACO.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:11 PM
Jul 2025

I've already got the first letter and the last two. But, "O" poses a problem.

Justice matters.

(9,382 posts)
16. And Canada just exported natural gas to Japan for the first time
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:39 PM
Jul 2025

I think it was announced yesterday.

Figarosmom

(9,732 posts)
19. They've been doing this all along.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:46 PM
Jul 2025

They directed their farmers to plant soy beans and have found other countries to order from.
So I guess we'll be paying the farmers more subsidies. Pretty soon they are going to just give up and stop farming .

JHB

(37,947 posts)
24. So are "soy boys" now super-patriots for supporting American farmers? Will MAGA become "soy boys"?
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:16 AM
Jul 2025

Whose side are you on, Red Menace? Your Dear Leader has made liberal tofu-eaters the only people actually buying the farmer's produce.

MrWowWow

(1,461 posts)
34. The Amazon will Perish. It Gets Burned Down to Make McDonalds Burger Steer Grazing and Soybean Farming
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 02:03 AM
Jul 2025

Last edited Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:13 PM - Edit history (4)

And the U.S. farmers who use to grow soybeans are bailed out with U.S. taxpayer money. That's how 💩 got the farmbelt vote. China doesn't care that their money will go towards defoliating the Amazon. They're planet.trashers. To them, money talks and Eco bullshit walks.
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