US soybean farmers look for Asian alternatives to China

As trade war and swine fever hit demand, sellers seek to cultivate Myanmar and other emerging markets

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Soybean products in a Chinese supermarket. With the African Swine Fever rapidly spreading throughout China, the country's demand for soybeans has tremendously decreased.  © Getty Images

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- American soybean farmer Bill Gordon usually takes a pen or a hat as "a token of goodwill" when he visits foreign countries on a trade mission.

As vice president of the American Soybean Association, he will likely be handing out a lot of pens and hats this year in his hunt for new buyers outside of China. His most recent trip was to Colombia and Peru, and by the end of this month he plans to visit Indonesia and Thailand. 

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