b'14American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(RELATIONScontinuedbeanimports.Andevenif from page 12) Argentinawastoreduce ongoingtradewarbetweentheir soybean sales to China, the US and China, as ChinaBrazil,theregionslarg-has a near monopoly on rare- estproducer,wouldlikely earth processing and recentlypick up the slack. US ranch-tightened restrictions on rare- ersarealsoupsetwiththe earth exports.Presidentssuggestionthat Argentina also adds anothertheUSshouldimportmore layerofcomplication tothebeef from Argentina to help geopolitical tension betweenreduce high beef prices in the the US and China, as the coun- US[see AJOT.comOct21, try has become one of the top2025, Trump plan to import suppliers of soybeans (alongArgentinebeefangersUS withneighboringBrazil)farmers].AlthoughArgen-toChina.AndChinahastinasimportstotheUS directlystatedthatitwontwould likely be small versus buyUSsoybeansuntilthedemand and have a negligi-tariffissueisresolved. Andbleimpactonprices,given inthistit-for-tatexchange,all the difficulties facing US PresidentTrumphasstatedfarmers,theideaofbring-that on November 1st a 100%ing in foreign beef to lower tariff would be placed on allprices is unpalatable. ChineseexportstotheUS,Ofcourse,ifMileisLa should no resolution be madeLibertad Avanza (LLA), (The attheupcomingmeetingsFreedom Advances) party does (which are at this writing ten- losethenanotherUSpolicyBeef carcasses hang in a meat processing plant in Moron, Buenos Aires, Argentina.tatively agreed upon.) In thereset will likely be in order. meantime,theUSsoybeanand competitor to the US. OnBrazilian President Jair Bol- visarestrictionsonBrazil-exports (along with corn) areb raziL -uS: T ariffS , T wo August 6th President Trumpsonaro, who Trump considersianSupremeCourtJustice having difficulty finding newP reSiDenTS anD2026 imposedanadditional40%an ally, during the 2022 elec- AlexandredeMoraes,who markets for their exports. USThereisasayingnoth- ontheexisting10%tarifftion. Additionally, the USTRoversawBolsonarostrial farmers would like to see theing happens in a vacuum andonBrazilianexportstothelauncheda301investigationand other justices involved in administrationapplylever- that is very true in the caseUS.Theexecutiveorderinto Brazil engaging in unfairthe case. Through the process age$20billionworthofUSrelationswithBrazil(EO)thatspawnedthehiketrade practices and treatmentBrazilian President Lula andto cut Argentine soybeanand Argentina. Brazil, whichasserted that the tariff was aagainstUScompanies.InPresidentTrumphaveregu-exports to China in an efforthasthelargesteconomyinresponse to Brazils treatmentJuly the administration uppedlarly exchanged barbs but the to pave the way for US exportLatinAmerica[Mexicobyandprosecutionstemmingthe ante when the US Trea- relationshipmaybemoving sales. A move that is unlikelyvirtue of the USMCA beingfromelection-relatedcon- suryDepartmentinvokedfrom near boiling-over to just to happen, as China has madeplaced in North America] hasspiracies (described in BraziltheGlobalMagnitskyAct(RELATIONScontinued its position clear on US soy- beenbothatradingpartneras a military coup) of formertoimposesanctionsandon page 16)Your Partner to Puerto RicoGSAILI NS SINCE20133-4 Days 2-3 Days 1-2 DaysHouston7 DaysFortnightly, non-stop serviceSanbetween Houston and San Juan 6 Days JuanWidest intermodal coverage of West, Southwest, and Midwest regionsMore than 300 sailings since 2013with 95+ percent on-time reliability 900 miles closer and a two-day faster transit than East Coast ports [email protected]'