Joe McDonald

AP Business Writer

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

China Releases Stockpiled Pork

Details of the frozen pork reserve are secret, but analysts estimate its size at up to five million metric tons.

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China Keeps Penalties on U.S. Pork, Soy

It adds to indications that both sides might be settling in for extended conflict even as they prepare for talks in Washington.

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Chinese Will Buy More from U.S. Farms

Envoys prepared to meet in Shanghai next week for talks aimed at ending a tariff war.

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Outbreak Pushes Up Global Pork Prices

A deadly swine disease has sent shockwaves through global meat markets.

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China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Pork, Fruit

The tariffs "signal a most unwelcome development, which is that countries are becoming protectionist," said economist Taimur Baig of DBS Group.

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China Delays New Rules on Food Imports

The delay might help avert concerns that shipments of food products could be disrupted, hurting thousands of farmers and food processors who look to China as a key growth market.

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Countries Fear China Food Import Regs

A group of countries sent a joint letter asking Chinese regulators to suspend a proposed requirement that each food shipment have an inspection certificate from a foreign government.

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U.S. Responds to China's Import Rules

Suppliers complain Beijing already uses safety rules in ways that hamper access for goods in violation of its market-opening commitments.