Trump Hints at Pressing China on Soybean Purchases

China had not made any purchase of new crops from the United States as of Sept. 11, according to U.S. government data.

Browning soybean pods at Harborview Farm as harvest for the crop nears, in Rock Hall, Maryland, on Sept. 23, 2025. Jim Watson /AFP via Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 1 that China’s soybean purchases would be front and center in his upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party.

“The Soybean Farmers of our Country are being hurt because China is, for ‘negotiating’ reasons only, not buying,” the president said in a post on Truth Social.