# Trump Urges China to Buy More Soybeans a Day Before Trade Truce Expires - Bloomberg

> US President Donald Trump said he hopes China will sharply increase purchases of American soybeans one day before a trade truce expires. China has not yet booked any cargoes for the upcoming US harvest. The full article is behind a subscriber paywall.

- Date: 2025-08-11 · published 2025-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12447-trump-urges-china-to-buy-more-soybeans-a-day-before-trade-truce-expires
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese booking of US new-crop cargoes is the key factor for soybean export demand and prices. Uncertainty over whether that happens keeps the market sensitive to trade headlines.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-01-20 | [China Buy 12 Million Tons of US Soybeans, Meets Key Trade Pledge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14608-china-buy-12-million-tons-of-us-soybeans-meets-key-trade-pledge-bloomberg.md) | +0.4% | +7.2% |
| SOY | 2019-02-02 | [Exclusive: China buys U.S. soybeans a day after trade talks - traders](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60471-exclusive-china-buys-u-s-soybeans-a-day-after-trade-talks-traders.md) | -0.4% | -1.6% |
| SOY | 2025-10-01 | [Trump’s Signal on China Trade Talks Lifts Soybean Prices - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22453-trump-s-signal-on-china-trade-talks-lifts-soybean-prices-bloomberg.md) | +2.0% | +7.6% |
| SOY | 2025-12-09 | [China buys U.S. soybeans after Trump trade agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14615-china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-trump-trade-agreement.md) | -2.0% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2018-12-03 | [Soybeans jump after China agrees to buy 'substantial' US ag products in trade truce](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11522-soybeans-jump-after-china-agrees-to-buy-substantial-us-ag-products-in-trade.md) | +1.7% | +0.0% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/trump-says-he-hopes-china-buys-four-times-as-much-us-soybeans

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