GOP lawmakers: Trade frictions have ‘priced out’ U.S. soybeans

Trade frictions and retaliation for U.S. tariffs have “priced out” U.S. soybeans from international markets, a group of Republican lawmakers charged this week, urging top administration officials to craft a “coordinated strategy” to expand market access and make soybeans a “central priority” in talks with China. China, typically a major buyer of U.S. soybeans, has purchased none this year. The U.S. soybean industry has been warning that this has allowed South American countries like Argentina and Brazil to cut into...