A ship carrying U.S. soybeans took off for China last week just before the Asian country’s retaliatory tariffs went into effect. The shipment of about 69,000 metric tons was loaded from the Pacific region in the week ended July 5. The following day, China imposed tariffs on a slew of American agricultural goods. The country’s ministry of commerce has told companies to boost imports of goods including soybeans from countries other than the U.S.