These are China’s five neighbours that will benefit from Trump’s trade war
Beijing — On Tuesday, China said it would remove import tariffs on animal feed ingredients, including soybeans, from five Asian neighbours, in a sign that Beijing wants to boost foreign supplies of the commodities as a trade dispute with the US escalates. The country’s ministry of finance said it would drop tariffs on soybeans, soybean cake and fishmeal originating in Bangladesh, India, Laos, South Korea and Sri Lanka from July 1. Tariffs on soybeans are currently 3%, with 5% on soybean cake and 2% on fishmeal. Apart from India, the countries included are relatively small soybean producers. None of them exported any of the oilseed to China in 2017. India grew 11-million tonnes of beans in the 2016-17 marketing year, but only exported 269,000 tonnes of that, according to data from the US department of agriculture. The move comes less than two weeks after Beijing said it would impose additional 25% tariffs on 659 US goods worth $50bn, including soybeans, as a prolonged trade spat betw...
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