President Donald Trump is exempting a wide range of agricultural items from his reciprocal tariffs amid concerns about consumer prices, slashing levies on beef, coffee, chocolate, bananas, tomatoes, oranges and other products as affordability has become a growing political issue. The White House announced Nov. 14 that Trump signed an executive order exempting certain products…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it reached trade agreements with several countries that could lower the price of bananas, coffee, and chocolate for Americans. Framework agreements, released by the White House on Nov. 13, commit the United States to removing President Donald Trump‘s reciprocal tariffs on certain exports that cannot be grown, mined, or…
Bloomberg’s Ben Westcott reported that “China’s purchases of American soybeans appear to have stalled, less than two weeks after the US touted a wide-ranging trade truce that signaled thawing relations between the world’s two biggest economies.” “After a flurry of orders late last month — which were the first of this season — Chinese imports of…
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It is part of a project on reverse migration by Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez and El Paso Times visual journalist Omar Ornelas. PALENQUE, Panama — A man in a white T-shirt and surf trunks stood on a small pier calling out names from a list. Rows…
Three more University of Michigan scholars from China were charged with smuggling biological material into the U.S. and lying to federal agents in the latest expansion of a federal probe that has raised questions about national security and bioterrorism. The scholars are among seven Chinese nationals with ties to UM charged with federal crimes in…
Tennessee soybean farmers are cautiously optimistic that China will begin buying U.S. soybeans again, after President Donald Trump announced cuts to U.S. tariffs on China after meeting with President Xi Jinping Oct. 30. The Trump Administration announced that China has agreed to resume buying American-grown soybeans. Soybeans are the top commodity grown in Tennessee, based…
Chicago soybean prices reached a 15-month high following news of a trade truce with China. China has agreed to purchase tens of millions of tons of U.S. soybeans over the next few years. The deal could help Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans return to previous levels by the 2026/27 season. Chicago soybeans hit a 15-month…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he reached an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping on soybean purchases, fentanyl precursors, and rare earth exports, paving the way for a finalized trade deal to be signed “pretty soon” that he said would last for at least a year and result in an immediate reduction in tariffs….
WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump heads into a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Oct. 30 seeking to finalize a trade deal that investors and American soybean farmers hope ease tensions between the world’s two largest superpowers. The meeting between Trump and Xi in Gyeongju, South Korea ‒ capping the U.S. president’s five-day…