Farmers Welcome China Deal Expected to Boost US Farm Exports by Tens of Billions

Workers transport imported soybean products at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China on April 9, 2018. Reuters

WASHINGTON—U.S. farmers across the country have welcomed the partial trade deal with China that includes dramatic increases in purchases of American farm products.

President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 11 that the United States and China reached in principle a “phase-one deal” on trade, calling it a “tremendous deal for the farmers.”