April 28, 2014: "China stealing U.S. chicken industry" China's new urbanization plan impacts U.S. coal industry

Environmental Pollution and Health

New environmental law targets China’s local officials, Chinadialogue

By raising the costs of bad behaviour, China’s new law could push local governments to focus on ecological protection

Sweeping new Chinese laws hope to tackle mounting pollution problems

China’s lawmakers approved sweeping new environmental protections this week amid mounting concerns over pollution poisoning the nation’s air, water and soil.

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Officials ‘turn blind eye to polluters’ ShanghaiDaily

Eating less beef could dramatically cut farming emissions: report， Xinhuanet

Global carbon emissions from agriculture can be reduced by 50 to 90 percent by 2030 using strategies including eating less beef, reducing food waste and managing soil nutrients better, according to a report released Friday by Climate Focus and California Environmental Associates.

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Halving meat and dairy consumption could slash farming emissions

Trade

China Stealing U.S. Chicken Industry

Last August, the U.S. won a WTO dispute about high Chinese chicken tariffs.  

Grain, Poultry, Dairy and Food Security

Corn industry suffers amid China’s GMO concerns

China’s decision to effectively halt shipments of U.S. corn is unlikely to cause lasting economic harm to South Dakota and other Midwest corn producers, with farm groups and commodity analysts seeing the trade skirmish as a short-term annoyance for America, the world’s largest corn exporter.

China to become top corn importer in 2020, FT

China becoming the world’s largest corn importer has always been a question of when, not if – a point underlined by the recent forecasts from the US Department of Agriculture.

How does environmental pollution and management influence supply chain model

How China’s New Urbanization Plan Impacts America’s Coal Industry

That being said, Peabody Energy sees some positives on the horizon, specifically China's new urbanization plan, which should lead to rising coal prices in the future.