US TARIFFS THREATEN ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE

Trade row forces Chinese importers to look to South America

The Peak Pegasus, a bulk cargo ship carrying 70,000 metric tons of US-grown soybeans, was closely watched by millions of people on Sina Weibo on July 6 as it raced to the Chinese port of Dalian before China's 25 percent retaliatory tariffs took effect that day.

It failed to meet the deadline. The ship then remained at sea for a month, at a cost of $12,500 a day, before finally docking at the port in Liaoning province on Aug 11 and unloading its cargo the next morning.