Hmm, as I understand it, the US/China trade war you're referring to has been going on for about a year, total[0]. Looking at the graph for soybean production in

Hmm, as I understand it, the US/China trade war you're referring to has been going on for about a year, total[0]. Looking at the graph for soybean production in Brazil, the increase in the past year has been pretty small and actually appears to be a slight slowing of the growth curve[1], even if the export curve looks rather different. I guess you could make an argument that the trade war has driven the increased deforestation over the past 12 months, but you could just as easily blame any number of other factors, notably including Brazil's current president who has rolled back a number of important environmental protections. Not every problem needs to be exclusively the fault of the west - it's okay for other people to do things wrong as well. 0: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-exports/us-official-says-china-far-short-of-soybean-purchase-pledge-after-small-sale-idUSKCN1VC1S9 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-exports/u... 1: https://gro-intelligence.com/insights/articles/in-race-for-china-brazil-eyes-record-soybean-crop https://gro-intelligence.com/insights/articles/in-race-for-c...