# Day 1 of U.S.-China trade talks ends with hopes for limited deal

> Day one of U.S.-China trade talks ended with hopes for a limited deal. Private exporters reported a snap sale of 398,000 tonnes of soybeans to China, part of a flurry of purchases since Beijing granted tariff waivers to some importers as a goodwill gesture.

- Date: 2019-10-11 · published 2019-10-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56618-day-1-of-u-s-china-trade-talks-ends-with-hopes-for-limited-deal
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Concrete Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans reduce available export supply and support prices, while the limited scope of the talks caps expectations for a larger agricultural deal.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-12-07 | [U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals \| Fortune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14616-u-s-trade-chief-says-china-has-complied-with-terms-of-trade-deals-fortune.md) | -2.6% | -5.7% |
| SOY | 2026-05-19 | [White House expands trade deal with China \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14580-white-house-expands-trade-deal-with-china-world-grain.md) | -2.2% | -6.8% |
| SOY | 2025-10-27 | [U.S. grains: Soy hits four-month high on hopes for China trade deal - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22452-u-s-grains-soy-hits-four-month-high-on-hopes-for-china-trade-deal-manitoba-co.md) | +5.6% | +8.0% |
| SOY | 2025-10-29 | [U.S. grains: Soybeans set 15-month high on U.S.-China trade deal hopes - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22451-u-s-grains-soybeans-set-15-month-high-on-u-s-china-trade-deal-hopes-grainews.md) | +2.8% | +4.3% |
| SOY | 2019-10-22 | [Rupee rises to 2-week high on US-China trade talks hopes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56845-rupee-rises-to-2-week-high-on-us-china-trade-talks-hopes.md) | -1.3% | -2.5% |
| CORN | 2020-01-15 | [What's in the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54939-what-s-in-the-u-s-china-phase-1-trade-deal.md) | +0.3% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-03-17 | [U.S., China Trade Deal Cannot Be Taken for Granted \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59970-u-s-china-trade-deal-cannot-be-taken-for-granted-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | +2.6% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2019-12-10 | [Soybeans extend gains as Chinese purchases stir hopes of U.S.-China deal \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12382-soybeans-extend-gains-as-chinese-purchases-stir-hopes-of-u-s-china-deal.md) | +4.3% | +3.9% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/day-1-of-us-china-trade-talks-ends-with-hopes-for-limited-deal-idUSKBN1WP0GW/

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