
USTR Greer confirmed that President Trump plans to travel to China in May to meet Xi Jinping and seek broad agricultural purchase commitments beyond the existing soybean deal. Farm industry advisers say they have received little detail on the preparations from the administration.
The planned summit could secure additional US farm purchases, which would support soybean and other grain prices. Lack of detail leaves the outcome uncertain for buyers and producers.
After 696 past bullish trade events, Soybeans moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.9%), and +0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.