Trump Predicts China Would Resume Buying US Soybeans

Soybean fields during a harvest at a farm outside St. Peter, Minnesota.

Photographer: Ben Brewer/Bloomberg

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US President Donald Trump predicted China would resume purchases of American soybeans after meeting President Xi Jinping, though a cabinet official said federal relief for beleaguered farmers will have to wait until the government reopens.