Trump Hints at Pressing China on Soybean Purchases

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 1 that China’s soybean purchases would be front and center in his upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. “The Soybean Farmers of our Country are being hurt because China is, for ‘negotiating’ reasons only, not buying,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. Trump reiterated the plans to use the money the U.S. government brought in from tariffs to cushion the loss of American farmers, while accusing the Biden administration of failing to enforce the trade deal struck with Beijing during his first term....