# As US-China trade talks resume, how much demand does Beijing have for American farm goods? | South China Morning Post

> Chinese firms have begun purchase inquiries with U.S. exporters and applied for tariff exemptions ahead of US-China talks in Shanghai. China had also made a 51,072-tonne sorghum purchase despite a 25% tariff, while cancelling a small soybean purchase.

- Date: 2019-07-25 · published 2019-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57952-as-us-china-trade-talks-resume-how-much-demand-does-beijing-have-for-american
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed inquiries and tariff exemption requests raise the chance of larger U.S. farm purchases, which supports soybean and sorghum prices. Actual demand remains uncertain until deals are signed.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-09-28 | [US-China trade: soybeans, corn and cars surge, but Beijing still not close to meeting demands of deal \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50984-us-china-trade-soybeans-corn-and-cars-surge-but-beijing-still-not-close-to.md) | +1.8% | +8.1% |
| SOY | 2022-04-25 | [China trade: imports of US soybeans rise as Ukraine war, South America drought limit sources \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14940-china-trade-imports-of-us-soybeans-rise-as-ukraine-war-south-america-drought.md) | -0.5% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2019-12-19 | [Trade war: China buys US soybeans after fresh round of tariff waivers, but will it be the last for some time? \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55445-trade-war-china-buys-us-soybeans-after-fresh-round-of-tariff-waivers-but-will.md) | +1.0% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2020-05-27 | [China facing soybean dilemma as it tries to balance phase one trade deal with self-reliance \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52988-china-facing-soybean-dilemma-as-it-tries-to-balance-phase-one-trade-deal-with.md) | +0.4% | +3.3% |
| SOY | 2026-03-15 | [EXCLUSIVE: US, China discuss farm goods, managed trade in 'remarkably stable' Paris talks, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14590-exclusive-us-china-discuss-farm-goods-managed-trade-in-remarkably-stable-paris.md) | -4.1% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- scmp.com: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3019883/us-china-trade-talks-resume-how-much-demand-does-beijing-have

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