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| 'War Room' co-host Natalie Winters noticed national headlines were eager to tout China's decision to reduce its painful embargo against U.S. soybean farmers as a kind of 'win.' But this was no win. 'Soybeans are a solid proxy for how the United States deals with China: small, transactional, immediately legible 'wins' pitched as strategic breakthroughs. A shipment resumes, a statistic ticks up, a headline declares progress. Meanwhile, Beijing quietly continues accumulating long-term advantages,' Winters writes in The American Conservative, adding that 'Even after this supposed thaw, U.S. soybean exports to China remain down roughly 99 percent from historical levels. Despite all the hype, China is on track to register its lowest share of U.S. soybean exports since 2002.' |
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