Americans Displeased: Milei's Argentina Closes Billion-Dollar Deals With China, Irritating Donald Trump's Administration

Americans Displeased: Milei’s Argentina Closes Billion-Dollar Deals With China, Irritating Donald Trump’s Administration

Written by Fabio Lucas Carvalho

Published on 29/09/2025 at 22:27

Milei fecha negócios bilionários de soja com a China, irrita Trump, gera perdas para agricultores americanos e amplia tensões comerciais globais.

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Argentina Takes Advantage of Tariff Suspension, Sells Record Amounts of Soy to China, and Leaves U.S. Farmers Under Growing Political Pressure.

Argentina registered its highest volume of soybean orders in seven years this month. Chinese importers bought millions of tons of the grain during a brief suspension of export tariffs, securing more than half of their immediate needs directly from South America.

The move strengthened Buenos Aires’ position in the global market and generated friction in Washington, where concerns about President Javier Milei’s close ties with Beijing are growing.

Reactions in Washington

The negotiations took on a political dimension following an episode during the UN General Assembly in New York. A photographer captured U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reading a message about the transactions. The image received considerable attention in the Argentine press.

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China Pressures American Farmers

The Chinese offensive on soybean purchases from South America took place while President Donald Trump set a November 10 deadline for a trade deal with Beijing.

The tariff strategy, launched earlier this year, aimed to pressure China into accepting terms favorable to the United States.

However, six months after the so-called “Day of Liberation” of the tariffs, American farmers are facing significant losses. Since May, China has not been purchasing soybeans from the U.S., according to the American Soybean Association. Instead, Beijing has consolidated contracts with Brazil and Argentina, leaving U.S. producers without a market.

Impacts and Parallels

The shift mirrors the scenario from Trump’s first term, when the tariff war caused U.S. soybean exports to plummet from US$ 14 billion in 2016 to just US$ 3.1 billion in 2018.

Now, the new wave of Chinese purchases in South America heightens fears that American agriculture will continue to lose ground in one of its most traditional markets, while simultaneously exposing the direct consequences of the trade dispute between Washington and Beijing.

Americans Displeased: Milei’s Argentina Closes Billion-Dollar Deals With China, Irritating Donald Trump’s Administration

Argentina Takes Advantage of Tariff Suspension, Sells Record Amounts of Soy to China, and Leaves U.S. Farmers Under Growing Political Pressure.

Reactions in Washington

China Pressures American Farmers

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Americans Displeased: Milei’s Argentina Closes Billion-Dollar Deals With China, Irritating Donald Trump’s Administration

Argentina Takes Advantage of Tariff Suspension, Sells Record Amounts of Soy to China, and Leaves U.S. Farmers Under Growing Political Pressure.

Reactions in Washington

China Pressures American Farmers

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A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

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