Last Week's U.S. Pork Sales to China Were the Largest of 2020
Restoring trade with China has perhaps been the top goal for U.S. agriculture in 2020, but losing meat production because of a virus outbreak was not on the list of expectations.
China, the world’s leading pork consumer, is by far the top destination for U.S. pork so far this year, and that was precisely the desired effect of the Phase 1 trade deal signed between the two countries back in January. China also needs the meat to fill extreme shortages caused by the devastating outbreak of African swine fever in its hog herd.
Last week, China’s U.S. pork haul was the largest in more than a year, but now that trend is quickly being viewed unfavorably as American consumers face...
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