End of grain agreement with negative con • Table.Briefings

Fire after a Russian missile attack on port facilities for grain export near Odessa. Moscow shelled Ukraine’s port infrastructure immediately after the grain agreement was terminated.

China was the largest buyer under the agreement to export Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea. Now Russia has terminated the deal – hitting its most important partner above all. China criticized the cutoff of shipments and the bombs on Ukrainian port infrastructure. But it is still unclear how Beijing will now position itself.

Since July 17, grain terminals in the port of Odessa have been at a standstill. Russia has made good on its threats and this time actually allowed the grain agreement to expire, which allowed Ukraine to export wheat, corn and other products across the Black Sea.

End of grain agreement with negative consequences for China

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