# U.S. Department of Commerce

> The U.S. and China released initial actions under their 100-day economic cooperation plan. Commitments include Chinese bond underwriting licenses for U.S. banks, electronic payment licensing for U.S. suppliers, and extended CFTC no-action relief for the Shanghai Clearing House. The plan also addresses investment and Belt and Road participation.

- Date: 2017-05-01 · published 2017-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70886-u-s-department-of-commerce
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The plan's agricultural and trade access commitments could expand U.S. farm exports to China over time, but the immediate price effect on feed commodities is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- commerce.gov: https://www.commerce.gov/news/fact-sheets/2017/05/fact-sheet-initial-actions-us-china-economic-cooperation-100-day-plan

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