US soybean farmers have described the exclusion of US soybeans from China’s import list under the newly announced Board of Trade mechanism as a “missed opportunity”, even as Beijing ramped up purchases of the crop ahead of last week’s summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. The trade forum, unveiled by both sides on Sunday, covered a range of US agricultural products for export to China, including meat, dairy, corn, wheat, sorghum and vegetable oils, but...
‘Missed opportunity’: US soybean farmers question exclusion from China tariff cuts
Before the Xi-Trump summit last week, analysts and industry experts expected soybeans to be included in tariff-reduced arrangement
“This was a missed opportunity for the American farmer,” said John Bartman, an Illinois-based fifth-generation soybean farmer.
VATICAN CITY, September 29. /TASS/. Pope Leo XIV called on Russia and Ukraine to resolve the conflict at the negotiating table. "I believe the Church has a responsibility to promote those values, continually inviting leaders such as those of Russia and Ukraine, and other countries, to come, to sit down, to engage in dialogue, to seek ways of resolving proble…
A US judge blocked the Trump administration on Monday from conditioning counterterrorism funds to state and local governments on changes to election administration. The decision by Washington-based US District Judge Amir Ali marks the latest defeat for US President Donald Trump in his bid to increase the federal government’s authority over elections ahead of the November 3 midterms, when his Republicans are fighting to retain majorities in both houses of Congress. Earlier this year, the...
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Another man was arrested in connection with the attack, which occurred at a shelter in Washington Heights for people dealing with mental illness and substance abuse.
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