
Chinese and U.S. companies signed business deals worth $9 billion during Trump's visit. These included a $1.2 billion pledge by JD.com to buy U.S. beef and pork and a memorandum of understanding for soybean purchases worth up to $3.4 billion.
Potential soybean purchases and U.S. meat exports to China add to demand expectations, which supports soybean and livestock prices.
After 696 past bullish trade events, Soybeans moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.9%), and +0.7% over 20.
After 85 past bullish trade events, Lean Hogs moved a median +0.8% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.8% to +4.5%), and +4.0% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.