China’s early South American soybean buys squeeze US out of peak export window


China has moved early to lock in soybean supplies from Brazil for September and October, sidelining US exporters from what is traditionally their most lucrative selling period.

The shift underscores Beijing’s growing trade reliance on South America and comes amid renewed political and commercial tensions with Washington.

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