China Engages in First US Farm-Goods Signing Ceremony in Six Years

Chinese buyers signed 11 agreements with US crop traders during a forum in Iowa.

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Chinese grain companies participated in a formal contract-signing ceremony for the purchase of US farm goodsBloomberg Terminal for the first time since the Trump-era trade dispute.

Buyers including Sinograin and COFCO International signed 11 agreements with crop traders such as Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., Bunge Ltd. and Cargill Inc. during a forum in Iowa, according to a statement from the US Soybean Export Council on Tuesday.