## China halts US soybean imports to hit Trump’s MAGA supporters

Authored by asiatimes.com

“The soybean farmers of our country are being hurt because China is, for ‘negotiating’ reasons only, not buying,” Trump said in a social media post on October 1.

For decades, the soybean trade has been a cornerstone of Sino-US agricultural cooperation.

As part of its 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization, China removed import quotas and imposed a uniform 3% tariff, resulting in a surge in US soybean imports.

In 2017, China imported 32.58 million tons of US soybeans, but the volume fell to 16.64 million tons in 2018 due to the Trump administration’s trade war, according to China Customs.

Imports later stabilized at around 20 million tons per year until the 2022 pandemic disrupted supplies and pushed China to diversify its sourcing to Brazil and Argentina.

Last year, the US shipped 985 million bushels of soybeans to China, accounting for 51% of the country’s total soybean exports.

“There’s no doubt that China’s halt of soybean imports has deeply affected the livelihoods of these farmers,” he says. »

### Hamas demands release of Oct 7 attackers in exchange for hostages

Authored by yahoo.com

Hamas has demanded the release of captured terrorists who took part in the Oct 7 massacre, sources have said.

Hamas has reportedly requested that ‘Nukhba fighters’ be added to the list of currently imprisoned Palestinians slated for release - AP Photo/Abed Hajjar.

Hamas has also reportedly demanded the release of high-profile terrorist masterminds from the second intifada, who are serving life sentences. »

### Police smash a global smuggling gang snatching 40% of Londoner's phones

Authored by metro.co.uk

The Met has smashed an international stolen phone smuggling gang in the largest ever operation against mobile thieves in the capital.

Police say European phones are popular in China where users can access the internet without potential censorship by the government.

A stash of recovered phones wrapped in tin foil were bound for the streets of Hong Kong (Picture: Met Police). »

### Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Authored by theguardian.com

The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine, who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray, a spokesperson from his San Francisco-based lab, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, has said.

But the laureate’s digital detox means the Nobel committee has been unable to reach him and break the news.

When the committee couldn’t reach his fellow winner, Paul Milgrom, either, Wilson had to go and wake him up. »

### One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China

Authored by bbc.co.uk

She got in touch with Your Voice, Your BBC News to say she now feels on edge when visiting the capital.

"It's really unnerving being here and obviously I'm not sure who is around me.

It says up to 80 more officers are joining the West End team to focus on crimes such as phone robbery. »

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