soybeans

China buys more than half of US soybeans pledged

The purchases come as the Asian nation auctions off large volumes of soybeans from state reserves to clear space for the incoming cargoes

China’s soybean buying has been a focal point in its fraught trade relationship with the US.

China can still meet US soybean pledge, traders say

The Asian nation has not officially confirmed that target, but has moved to reduce tariffs on the crop and lifted import bans on three American exporters

All the cargoes are scheduled for January shipment from US Gulf Coast terminals and Pacific Northwest ports, the sources said on Wednesday.

China buys at least 10 US soybean cargoes in new deals after Trump-Xi call: sources

[BEIJING] China bought at least 10 cargoes of US soybeans worth around US$300 million in contracts signed since Tuesday, two traders with knowledge of the deals said, a day after the presidents of bot...

Monday’s US soy purchases were China’s largest since a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea last month.

China buys at least 14 cargoes of US soybeans for Dec-Jan shipment, traders say

[CHICAGO] China’s state-owned grain trader COFCO bought at least 14 cargoes of US soybeans on Monday, or at least 840,000 metric tons, for shipment in December and January, two traders with knowledge ...

Traders and analysts warn that vast soybean stockpiles at ports and in state reserves, combined with weak crush margins, are limiting Beijing’s appetite for further purchases.
ANALYSIS

China’s soybean glut could defeat US export hopes after trade thaw

Soybean stocks at China’s ports at record 10 million tonnes

Chinese buyers have booked two cargoes of US wheat, the first such purchases since October last year.

China begins limited purchases of US farm goods after Trump-Xi meet

The deals to import US agricultural goods come as Beijing confirmed that it suspended retaliatory tariffs on US imports

What’s next for the US and China, two economic powerhouses and global markets?

US-China tango, Fed cuts & QT end and Dr Copper’s pulse

Did the intricate dance between the US and China bring genuine relief or merely a temporary truce? What is mega-cap earnings and Dr Copper telling us? Pete Tan from Phillip Securities has the analysis...

The drop in Chinese demand cost US farmers - a key pillar of US President Donald Trump’s political base - billions of dollars in lost sales and the deal would represent a return to normalcy in trade with the top US soy importer.

China to buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans this season, Bessent says

[CHICAGO] US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of American soybeans during the current season through January, down from 22.5 millio...

The Trump-Xi meeting represents successful crisis management rather than strategic reconciliation, says the writer.

Trump-Xi meeting: An economic truce born of mutual pain

The world’s two largest economies have discovered that neither can afford unlimited confrontation – at least for now