# How Might the Trump-Xi Summit Impact U.S. Farmers?

> A CSIS commentary reviews U.S. agricultural exports to China, which collapsed in 2025 under Chinese retaliatory tariffs. It says soybean purchase commitments replaced only a fraction of lost trade and that tariffs have not been fully lifted.

- Date: 2026-05-13 · published 2026-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14579-how-might-the-trump-xi-summit-impact-u-s-farmers
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

The analysis suggests purchase pledges do not fully restore lost demand, so structural export losses may persist for U.S. farm products.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-06-07 | [Will more Trump tariffs hurt or help U.S. farmers?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29760-will-more-trump-tariffs-hurt-or-help-u-s-farmers.md) | -0.9% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2017-06-12 | [How the World's Farmers Went to Work for China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70350-how-the-world-s-farmers-went-to-work-for-china.md) | -0.3% | +8.4% |
| SOY | 2019-08-12 | [How Trump’s tariffs finance farmer bailouts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57601-how-trump-s-tariffs-finance-farmer-bailouts.md) | -0.7% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2018-06-15 | [U.S. farmers brace for impact of China trade war, soy at one-year low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64566-u-s-farmers-brace-for-impact-of-china-trade-war-soy-at-one-year-low.md) | -5.0% | -12.2% |
| SOY | 2026-05-12 | [China eyes U.S. corn deal ahead of Trump-Xi summit Thursday](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14578-china-eyes-u-s-corn-deal-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit-thursday.md) | -0.0% | -7.6% |
| CORN | 2024-06-07 | [Will more Trump tariffs hurt or help U.S. farmers?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29760-will-more-trump-tariffs-hurt-or-help-u-s-farmers.md) | +5.6% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2017-06-12 | [How the World's Farmers Went to Work for China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70350-how-the-world-s-farmers-went-to-work-for-china.md) | -0.6% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2019-08-12 | [How Trump’s tariffs finance farmer bailouts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57601-how-trump-s-tariffs-finance-farmer-bailouts.md) | -6.0% | -8.6% |

## Sources

- csis.org: https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-might-trump-xi-summit-impact-us-farmers

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