U.S. President Donald Trump predicted China would resume purchases of American soybeans after meeting President Xi Jinping, though a cabinet official said federal relief for beleaguered farmers will have to wait until the government reopens.

Trump said Thursday that the pressure he would bring on the Chinese president during their planned sit-down later this month would end Beijing’s months-long moratorium on U.S. soybean buys.

“What happens with soybeans is we’re going to see more and more, I think, opening up,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “He’s got things that he wants to discuss with me, and I have things that I want to discuss with him. And one of the things is soybeans.”

The Trump administration for weeks has teased a forthcoming aid program for farmers as a way to pro

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