Farm contracts fall as China slaps retaliatory tariff on US soy, corn.

Futures contracts of most farm commodities slumped on domestic and global exchanges after reports said China today levied a 25% retaliatory tariff on 106 products, including soybean, corn and wheat, imported from the US. The move by China came after the Donald Trump administration, imposed a 25% tariff on around 1,300 industrial technology, transport and medical products worth $50 bln from China.