# POLITICO Pro | Article | Big China soy buy precedes Trump-Xi meeting

> The USDA reported a sale of 544,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans to China for the 2018-19 marketing year, the largest since late March. The purchase came hours before Trump and Xi were due to meet at the G-20 summit in Japan.

- Date: 2019-06-28 · published 2019-06-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58478-politico-pro-article-big-china-soy-buy-precedes-trump-xi-meeting
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A large new Chinese purchase supports U.S. soybean export demand and prices, though USDA still projects sharply lower sales than last year. Further buying around the summit would be a key price signal.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-10-29 | [EXCLUSIVE: China buys US soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14625-exclusive-china-buys-us-soybean-cargoes-ahead-of-trump-xi-meet-sources-say.md) | +2.8% | +4.3% |
| SOY | 2025-10-30 | [China's yuan retreats from one-year high after Trump-Xi meeting — TradingView News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22622-china-s-yuan-retreats-from-one-year-high-after-trump-xi-meeting-tradingview-news.md) | +3.7% | +4.7% |
| SOY | 2019-01-01 | [Exclusive: China makes first big U.S. soybean purchase since Trump-Xi truce By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61592-exclusive-china-makes-first-big-u-s-soybean-purchase-since-trump-xi-truce-by.md) | +2.7% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2025-11-06 | [China begins limited purchases of U.S. farm goods after Trump-Xi meet \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8212-china-begins-limited-purchases-of-u-s-farm-goods-after-trump-xi-meet-reuters.md) | +0.1% | -0.0% |
| SOY | 2025-12-09 | [China buys U.S. soybeans after Trump trade agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14615-china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-trump-trade-agreement.md) | -2.0% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- subscriber.politicopro.com: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2019/06/big-china-soy-buy-precedes-trump-xi-meeting-3512962

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