Articles Tagged with ''Xi Jinping''

It looks increasingly likely that farmers will get a new round of emergency payments in coming months. The big question is how the Trump administration or Congress will pay for it.

President Donald Trump and senior administration officials head to the United Kingdom today for the president’s second state visit to the sovereign state.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to extend a deadline for higher tariffs on Chinese exports until November. U.S. and Chinese officials had agreed to end tit-for-tat tariff escalations in May, after duty rates from both sides reached triple digits.

Republicans on the Senate Ag Committee are looking to scale back the cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contained in the House-based budget reconciliation bill. 

China’s Ministry of Finance announced on Friday that it would raise its additional tariff on U.S. imports to 125% to match the U.S. reciprocal tariff rate.

Ottawa and Beijing have unveiled their opening salvos in retaliation to Trump's tariffs and threats. While ag features prominently in both countries’ tariff lists, the responses are measured, analysts say. 

President Donald Trump may have put Canadian and Mexican tariffs on ice, but import-dependent industries serving farmers are still feeling some tariff whiplash and face new duties on China. 

The Chinese Ministry of Finance unveiled its response to new U.S. duties that went into effect Tuesday morning, announcing new tariffs beginning next week on agriculture machinery, but leaving soybeans and other agricultural commodities unaffected.

Beijing recently approved a tranche of new gene-edited and genetically modified crop varieties and said it will accelerate breeding to boost yields – the latest chapter in a long-running drive for greater food self-sufficiency.