Ensuring that China’s 1.4 billion citizens are adequately fed continues to top the policy agenda. While the Asian giant remains a key export market for largely Republican states in the Midwest farm belt, Beijing’s efforts to reconfigure supply chains after the trade war during the first Trump presidency have weakened Washington’s leverage.

Move underscores Beijing's success in boosting self-sufficiency, impact of slowing economy on demand. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China’s willingness to use food as a countermeasure against the U.S. underscores the impact of a slowing economy on demand.