After Trade Talks in US, China Ramps Up Brazilian Soy Purchases

After Trade Talks in US, China Ramps Up Brazilian Soy Purchases
A worker looks on as imported soybeans are transported at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China on Aug. 6, 2018. Reuters
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CHICAGO/BEIJING—Chinese importers have been busy booking fresh purchases of soybeans from Brazil this week, despite the White House announcement that China had agreed to buy up to $50 billion of U.S. farm products annually during trade talks last week.

Two traders said China has booked at least eight boatloads, or 480,000 tonnes worth $173 million, of Brazilian soybeans since Oct. 14.