# China, U.S. restart agricultural cooperation mechanism - CGTN

> China and the U.S. restarted their Agricultural Cooperation Joint Committee in Washington, co-chaired by agriculture ministers Tang Renjian and Tom Vilsack. The officials pledged to maintain the mechanism and discussed climate-smart agriculture, food security and trade facilitation.

- Date: 2024-01-20 · published 2024-01-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14784-china-u-s-restart-agricultural-cooperation-mechanism-cgtn
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Restored dialogue modestly lowers the risk of future trade disruption in farm goods, a mildly supportive factor for U.S. soybean and feed grain export expectations.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-08-04 | [New Export Price Mechanism for Agricultural Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12806-new-export-price-mechanism-for-agricultural-products.md) | +0.2% | +8.8% |
| SOY | 2019-01-29 | [China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60961-china-s-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agricultural-products-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.5% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2019-06-11 | [Target Agricultural Supply Chains to Tackle Deforestation \| Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58612-target-agricultural-supply-chains-to-tackle-deforestation-chatham-house.md) | +6.3% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2022-04-28 | [Trade Is Top Priority At U.S.-China Agricultural Dialogue - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14944-trade-is-top-priority-at-u-s-china-agricultural-dialogue-u-s-grains-and.md) | -3.3% | -2.6% |
| SOY | 2021-01-22 | [Column: Biden should revisit China trade deal to weed out problem spots for U.S. agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49010-column-biden-should-revisit-china-trade-deal-to-weed-out-problem-spots-for-u-s.md) | -1.2% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- news.cgtn.com: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-20/China-U-S-restart-agricultural-cooperation-mechanism-1qvMGg5VaEw/p.html

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