China, US discuss tariffs, farm trade ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

Officials from China and the United States have held discussions on tariffs and agricultural trade ahead of a planned meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Trump. The transmission channel here runs through trade-policy risk premia and agricultural export flows: tariff reductions or purchase commitments on U.S. farm goods would ease input-cost and demand uncertainty, while the absence of progress keeps the tariff-escalation risk priced into equities and currencies sensitive to trade. Exposure is concentrated in U.S. agricultural commodities such as soybeans, corn, and pork, along with Chinese-exposed multinationals and export-oriented emerging-market currencies, since these carry the most direct sensitivity to changes in bilateral tariff schedules. Traders should watch for the formal agenda and any announced purchase commitments from the Xi-Trump meeting, as concrete figures on Chinese agricultural purchases would be the clearest signal of whether the talks translate into tariff relief.

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