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Agricultural commodities giant ADM slashes China presence, shuts down local trading operations

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One of the world's largest commodities traders is dramatically scaling back its China operations.
On Monday, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) announced it will stop trading on Chinese domestic exchanges and confirmed that layoffs are underway.

ADM will reportedly keep a skeleton crew in place in China ...



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