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China resumed U.S. soybean purchases after the two countries’ leaders met in late October, with the White House saying China had also agreed to buy at least 25 million metric tons annually over the next three years, starting in 2026. Photo: Getty Images Plus
Markets, Reuters

China hits 12 million ton U.S. soybean target pledged in trade truce

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters 5 days ago
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has bought about 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans, fulfilling a U.S.-stated pledge to purchase that volume by the end of February, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday, after a late-October trade truce spurred buying.

 Photo: Brian Cross
Markets, Reuters

Chinese importer buys Canadian canola after Carney visit

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters January 19, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Chinese importer bought a cargo of Canadian canola shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing last week, trader sources said.


Canada, the world’s largest exporter of canola, shipped nearly C$5 billion worth of canola products to China in 2024, about 80 per cent of which were seeds. Photo: Getty Images Plus
News, Reuters

Ahead of Carney visit, China rapeseed meal prices slide near two-week low

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters January 12, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s most active Zhengzhou rapeseed (canola) meal futures fell on Monday, hovering near their lowest point in more than two weeks, as news of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China this week boosted sentiment around a potential canola-related deal.

China’s buying has underpinned Chicago soybean futures in recent weeks, helping the market end 2025 on a positive note. Photo: Getty Images Plus
Markets, Reuters

China buys more US soybeans, total purchases near 10 million tons

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters January 6, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s state stockpiler Sinograin bought 10 U.S. soybean cargoes this week, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday, as the world’s top buyer continues purchasing from the United States following a late-October trade truce.


Photo: Getty Images Plus
Markets, Reuters

China imports no US soybeans for third month; Argentine arrivals up 634 per cent

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters December 22, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged on.

China’s anti-dumping investigation began in June last year and has affected major pork exporters such as Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark. Photo: hrabar/iStock/Getty Images
News, Reuters

Relief as new China ruling lowers EU pork tariffs

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By Corina Pons, daphne Zhang, Ella Cao, Reuters December 16, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes China on Tuesday sharply reduced tariffs on European Union pork imports worth over $2 billion in the final ruling of an anti-dumping investigation seen as a response to the bloc’s duties on Chinese electric vehicles.


Photo: Getty Images
News, Reuters

Beijing lifts some tariffs on U.S. farm goods but soybeans stay costly

By Ella Cao, Ethan Wang, Joe Cash, Reuters November 5, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes China will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, including duties on farm goods, after last week’s meeting of the two countries’ leaders, Beijing confirmed on Wednesday, but imports of U.S. soybeans still face a 13 per cent tariff.

Photo: Robin Booker
Markets, Reuters

China rapeseed meal futures see largest one-day gain in almost three months after Xi–Carney talks

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters November 3, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s most active Zhengzhou rapeseed (canola) meal futures posted their largest daily gain in nearly three months on Monday, after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Korea last week without securing a breakthrough on tariffs.


Photo: bfk92/Getty Images Plus
Markets, News, Reuters

China buys U.S. soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters October 29, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country’s first purchases from this year’s U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Photo: Jun Zhang/Getty Images Plus
News, Reuters

China holds off on soybean purchases due to high Brazil premiums, traders say

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters October 16, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has yet to secure much of its soybean supply for December and January as high premiums for Brazilian cargoes discourage buyers.


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