Other US farm exports to China, the world's biggest food importer, have also suffered since Trump retook power. On soybeans alone, US farmers have lost out on shipments worth billions of dollars during the current harvest season. US beef exports have in general declined in recent years as drought shrank the country's cattle herd, reducing production and pushing prices to record highs. Its beef shipments to China shot from $140 million a month in the two years to March to $221 million in July and $226 million in August. US beef shipments to China surged in 2020 and 2021 after Trump, in his first term, struck a trade deal with Beijing.