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Why China's soybean tariffs matter

  • Written by Ian Sheldon, Chair in Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, The Ohio State University
A farmer harvest his soybean field in Loami, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman

China’s plan to levy a 25 percent tariff on imports of U.S. soybeans may come as something of a surprise to most Americans. But to a professor of agricultural economics who studies international commodity markets for a living, this was not at all unexpected.

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