‘Way Too Much Pork’ Makes Trade War Bite U.S. Hog Markets

(Bloomberg) -- Trade concerns are starting to make all other factors in the hog market look obsolete.Futures have tumbled to the lowest since March. That’s as African swine fever decimates China’s pig herd in an unprecedented global supply disruption. Even though the Asian nation is importing huge amounts of meat, American producers are losing out to rivals in Brazil and elsewhere because of Donald Trump’s trade war. What’s more, the U.S. president’s threat of addit