Trump, Xi Discussed Raising Purchases of American Crops, US Says

President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on May 14.

Photographer: Kenny Holston/AP Photo

US President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed increasing agricultural trade, and improving oil flows at their summit on Thursday, according to a White House official.

Trump highlighted the need for China to boost purchases of the country’s farm products and curb flows of fentanyl precursors into the US.