An ag economist says based on the first four months of 2020, trade with China has been disappointing.

David Widmar with Ag Economic Insights tells Brownfield the

prospects of sales to China returning to pre-trade war levels seems very unlikely

so far.

“We are well below anything that would resemble a record pace or even a pace necessary to get us back to pre-trade war levels.”

Widmar says soybean purchases, which accounted for 51% of US

ag exports to China before the trade war, have mostly stalled since January

making the dollar amount of 2020 soybean sales to China the lowest in five

years.

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