# China’s Selective Crop Buying Tests US Trade Truce Before Summit

https://mins.news/en/item/66690

- Bloomberg News, 2026-09-21 02:30 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-21/china-s-selective-crop-buying-tests-us-trade-truce-before-summit?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab096afb314680001fef0de

> China has bought more than half of the 25 million tons of US soybeans it pledged to purchase this year. But progress on a separate promise to spend billions more on American crops has largely stalled, putting the trade truce under pressure ahead of the summit.

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