China unloads U.S. soybean cargo amid public worries about cost of trade war


  • World
  • Monday, 13 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO: Storage facilities of China's state grain stockpiler Sinograin are pictured in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

BEIJING (Reuters) - A vessel carrying U.S. soybeans was unloading its cargo worth at least $23 million (£18 million) at the Chinese port of Dalian on Monday, becoming one of the first shipments to incur hefty new import duties as the trade row deepens between Beijing and Washington.

The docking of the vessel after five weeks anchored off China's coast ended long-running speculation over the fate of the cargo, which had captured public attention.

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