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U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump as some polls show Harris with US election lead

By Renee Hickman, Reuters October 23, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures edged higher on Wednesday as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' lead over Republican challenger Donald Trump in some election polls calmed concerns that a trade war with China could heat up, according to analysts.

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US exporters race to ship soybeans as looming election stokes tariff worries

By Karl Plume, Reuters October 22, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean export premiums are at their highest in 14 months, as grain merchants race to ship out a record-large U.S. harvest ahead of the U.S. presidential election and fears of renewed trade tensions with top importer China, traders and analysts said.

A dockworker demonstrates after a shipping port strike went into effect across the East Coast at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Matthew Hatcher

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US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

By David Shepardson, Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters October 1, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labour contract broke down over wages.

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an agricultural policy event in Smithton, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki

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Trump threatens John Deere with 200 per cent tariffs if production moves to Mexico

By Gram Slattery, Kanishka Singh, Reuters September 23, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he would slap a 200 per cent tariff on John Deere's imports into the United States if the agricultural equipment company moved production to Mexico as planned.

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Trump’s trade threats a global concern

By Ed White August 7, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Importers and exporters around the world are uneasily analyzing what a 10 per cent tariff, or other border measures likely in a second Donald Trump U.S. presidential term, could mean for trade.

Daily Network News

‘We should always aim for free trade’: low tariffs not good enough say agriculture leaders on Hoekstra remarks

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans/corn awaiting acreage data

ICE Canada Weekly: More behind canola, soyoil than crude oil prices

Tag Archives U.S. election

U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump as some polls show Harris with US election lead

US exporters race to ship soybeans as looming election stokes tariff worries

US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

Trump threatens John Deere with 200 per cent tariffs if production moves to Mexico

Trump’s trade threats a global concern

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