Argentina, Brazil eye crop exports to China as Trump tariffs loom

South American wheat, corn likely to benefit from trade tensions

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Brazil became the largest source of China's corn imports from January to October, accounting for 50%, according to trade data from China's General Administration of Customs. © Reuters

NIKI MIZUGUCHI and KENTARO SHIOZAKI, Nikkei staff writers

SAO PAOLO/BEIJING -- Argentina and Brazil are preparing to boost agricultural exports to China, seeking to take advantage of the anticipated escalation of Beijing-Washington trade tensions during a second Donald Trump administration.

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