President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he plans to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in four weeks. He added that the main agenda for the meeting will focus on US soybean purchases, as American farmers deal with the fallout from his trade wars.
“The Soybean Farmers of our Country are being hurt because China is, for ‘negotiating’ reasons only, not buying,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “I’ll be meeting with President Xi, of China, in four weeks, and Soybeans will be a major topic of discussion,” he added.
Last month, Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea at the end of October. He also said he plans to visit China next year.
Earlier this year, the US and China had a trade war, placing