Trump-Xi summit: China agrees to boost trade for U.S. beef, poultry

The stakes were high and the deals were modest, but President Donald Trump may have left China last week having laid solid groundwork with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — though a number of issues could still sour ties.

HONG KONG — The stakes were high and the deals were modest, but President Donald Trump may have left China last week having laid solid groundwork with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — though a number of issues could still sour ties.

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The White House released details Sunday of what the two leaders agreed to during Trump’s two-day state visit to China, including a Chinese commitment to buy at least $17 billion a year in U.S. agricultural products through 2028 and a Chinese order of planes from U.S. company Boeing, which disappointed the markets.

China is also restoring market access for U.S. beef and resuming poultry imports from U.S. states deemed free of bird flu, in addition to its soybean purchase commitments last year.