HONG KONG/DAMME, Germany -- African swine fever and escalating trade tensions are squeezing pork supplies in China and raising concerns that shortages will lead to painful price hikes for consumers in the world's largest pork consumer.
Chinese buyers canceled orders for 3,247 tons of U.S. pork earlier this month, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released last week shows, the same week that President Donald Trump ratcheted up the trade war with fresh tariffs on Chinese goods.
