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U.S. Soybean Farmers Work to Loosen China’s Grip

U.S. soybean farmers worked for decades to make China their biggest foreign customer. Now they face a tougher challenge: weaning themselves off the market.

As trade tensions cut deeply into exports, U.S. soybean farmers, industry groups and government officials are seeking a stronger foothold in international markets beyond China, including Europe and Southeast Asia.
Replacing China is a tall order. China last year bought 57% of all U.S. soybeans that were exported, more than eight times the total sold to Mexico

Gas Prices Are Falling

Retail gas prices across the U.S. averaged $2.33 a gallon Friday, down more than 10% from earlier this year and reaching the lowest level since August 2017.

Unusually, the low prices aren’t deterring U.S. refiners from producing more gasoline. That is because the prices of other oil products such as diesel fuel and heating oil have soared, thanks to cold weather in the U.S. and new environmental regulations coming into effect in 2020 that are leading to higher diesel demand.

When refiners can make significant sums selling diesel and heating oil, known in the industry as distillates, they become less sensitive to the profitability of each barrel of gasoline, which typically accounts for about half of U.S. oil use
At the same time, plentiful gasoline is typically a positive development for the economy at a time of some uncertainty about what 2019 will bring. Less expensive fuel could mean more discretionary spending for consumers, who in general have kept up their spending even as sectors such as housing and automobiles have slowed.