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Brooke Rollins

Brooke Rollins
The latest news and top stories on Brooke Rollins. As the US Agriculture Secretary and a new member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), she is focused on protecting American farms from foreign adversaries, particularly by restricting foreign purchases of farmland. Rollins previously served as Director of the Domestic Policy Council and Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives in the White House. She also led the America First Policy Institute and the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that US farmers are benefiting from China’s recent ban on select Brazilian soybean shipments. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
China-Latin America relations

Trump seizes on China ‘ban’ in Brazil soy trade, but data shows US gains small

China halted imports of soybeans from five Brazil-based exporters after pesticide-treated wheat was found mixed into cargo bound for Beijing.

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US-China trade war

Bankruptcies, suicides: US farmers detail cost of trade tensions

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US-China relations

US soybean futures rebound on signs China is ramping up purchases

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US-China relations

Courts turn ‘slam dunk’ case into hard battle in Florida’s Chinese property ban

Legal experts say persuading conservative judges will be difficult and new plaintiffs may be needed to move the case forwards.

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Aerial wide panoramic view of the Jupiter, Florida. coastline. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Trump says ready to continue Snap aid, doesn’t want Americans to go hungry

The US president’s comments come after two judges ordered his administration to keep paying for the programme despite the shutdown.

US-China trade war

‘Positive step’: cautious relief as China resumes US soybean purchases

Farmers call the development ‘encouraging,’ but hope for lasting truce ahead of Xi-Trump talks.

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United States

US shutdown nears 1-month mark, threatening flights and food aid

US transport secretary predicts growing cancellations, saying air traffic controllers will receive a ‘big fat zero’ pay cheque.

A Delta Air Lines flight passes in front of the Air Traffic Control tower while departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo: EPA
United States

US will not use contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo says

The Trump administration’s funding is crucial for a food aid programme, which helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries.

Donald Trump

Trump to quadruple Argentine beef imports while US ranchers fume

Farmers are also angered by Trump’s US$20 billion currency swap with Argentina and losing out to the country on soybean sales to China.

China-Latin America relations

Argentina tightens sorghum rules to boost China trade, risking new clash with US

Buenos Aires updates grain standards to meet Chinese demand, shifting exports from once-dominant US suppliers.

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Government data showed China has become Argentina’s dominant sorghum buyer, taking nearly all shipments this year. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

US Treasury chief sees ‘big breakthrough’ ahead in China trade talks

Scott Bessent points to Trump–Xi Apec pull-aside and new farmer aid as signals of progress in strained economic ties.

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a White House meeting in August. Photo: EPA
US-China trade war

Argentina’s soy exports to China soar, angering US

China’s soybean buyers turn to Argentina after tax drop, leaving US farmers sidelined and Washington unhappy.

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US-China relations

Texas law curbing Chinese property rights takes effect, no relief in sight for months

Court dismissed a challenge in August; an appeal is pending.

US-China relations

Exclusive | US court to dismiss suit against Texas law to limit Chinese property rights: lawyer

Law set to take effect next month challenged as discriminatory, unconstitutional.

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The Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Friday. Photo: Xinhua
United States

US farm agency fires 70 foreign researchers after national security review

Most of those dismissed were Chinese postdoctoral researchers on two-year contracts with the Department of Agriculture.

An image of US President Donald Trump hangs outside the USDA headquarters building in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Rubio-Wang meet, China GDP, Nvidia and more

This week: Marco Rubio meets Wang Yi, Donald Trump revives tariff war, EU seeks to reduce reliance on China. Next week: China’s economy may slow, Nvidia’s Huang in China, Australian PM discusses Port Darwin and more.

US-China relations

Trump admin increasing scrutiny of Chinese, other foreign farmland ownership in US

US starting to cancel agricultural contracts with entities from ‘countries of concern’.

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