China Cancels US Pork Shipments After Tariffs Raise Prices

A worker arranges boxes of imported pork from the US at a cold storage warehouse in Shanghai, on March 5.

Tariffs are starting to hit American meat exports, with China making its biggest cancellation of pork orders since 2020, according to Thursday data from the US Department of Agriculture.

The cancellation of 12,000 metric tons of US pork was the most since the Covid-19 pandemic roiled global supply chains. For the week, overall US pork export sales fell to the lowest level since October.

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