The United States sorghum industry has already felt the blow of China’s retaliation related to recent trade tensions, even before the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum. On February 4, the Chinese government initiated a countervailing and anti-dumping investigation against U.S. sorghum. National Sorghum Growers Association CEO Tim Lust says they just finished up the initial part of the case.
He says the next step in the case is the discovery process, but they’re confident about their position and committed to working through the protocol.
However, Lust says the market reaction has been very painful for sorghum growers, especially since China had ramped up imports of U.S. sorghum over the last year or so.
Lust says this is the first time in history the U.S. sorghum industry has faced any type of trade challenge in the World Trade Organization, so its uncharted territory.
