# Soybean Futures Decline on Delayed Trump-Xi Meeting - Bloomberg

> US soybean futures dropped after Trump confirmed he would postpone his trip to China for trade talks. He said the summit with Xi would now take place in about five or six weeks instead of at the end of March, and had earlier linked the delay to the war with Iran.

- Date: 2026-03-18 · published 2026-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4714-soybean-futures-decline-on-delayed-trump-xi-meeting-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A later summit delays the expected confirmation of Chinese soybean purchase commitments, weighing on US soybean prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-03-16 | [Soybeans Slumps More Than 3% on Possible US-China Talks Delay - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5792-soybeans-slumps-more-than-3-on-possible-us-china-talks-delay-bloomberg.md) | -4.1% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2026-05-14 | [Soybeans Collapse Following Little News Out of Trump/Xi Meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9303-soybeans-collapse-following-little-news-out-of-trump-xi-meeting.md) | -1.3% | -8.2% |
| SOY | 2025-11-05 | [Soybean Futures Retreat Amid Focus on Chinese Buying](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12246-soybean-futures-retreat-amid-focus-on-chinese-buying.md) | +0.5% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2026-05-14 | [Soybean futures drop as Trump-Xi summit fails to boost China purchase expectations By Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9300-soybean-futures-drop-as-trump-xi-summit-fails-to-boost-china-purchase.md) | -1.3% | -8.2% |
| SOY | 2018-01-23 | [Soybean Market Gets Jittery About China After Trump’s Tariff Move - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66857-soybean-market-gets-jittery-about-china-after-trump-s-tariff-move-bloomberg.md) | +0.7% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-18/soy-futures-drop-on-delayed-trump-xi-meeting-oil-price-decline

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