Trump Says China Will Buy More US Soybeans as Data Reveal Low Volume

President Donald Trump said China will buy more U.S. soybeans after data released on Friday show only a small uptick in exports to the Asian country. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One, Trump said his team had spoken to Chinese officials earlier that day. “They’re in the process of doing, not only a little bit, but they’ll be doing a lot of soybean purchase,” he said. The president added that China will buy “a lot of soybeans” before spring, as well as “a lot of everything else.” After Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea at the end of October, the White House said Beijing agreed as part of a U.S.–China trade deal to buy at least 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans in November and December, and at least 25 million metric tons each year for the next three years....