China Needs Soy. Brazil Farms It. The Amazon Rainforest Gets Destroyed

Brazil is the world's second largest producer of soybeans, after the United States. China is -- by far -- the world's largest consumer of soy, which is mostly used as feed for pigs. With the trade war between the USA and China, Beijing has turned to Brazil as its key supplier of soy. This demand is fueling the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, where…