🇨🇳 China Hits Brazil Beef

China’s commerce ministry said Wednesday it will begin collecting an additional 55% tariff from October 1 on Brazilian beef imports that exceed China’s annual quota. The new levy comes on top of the current 12% rate.

This is a reminder that food trade is geopolitical leverage, not free-market fiction. When major states can tighten access overnight, supply chains become pressure points and national dependence becomes vulnerability.

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