China cuts tariffs, restores US beef registrations
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- China's commerce ministry said the United States and China agreed to expand agricultural trade through tariff reductions and to address non‑tariff barriers and market‑access issues after President Trump's visit.
- Market watchers expect a 10% cut in soybean tariffs, which could let private Chinese crushers resume purchases that were largely sidelined during last year's US harvest.
- Beijing granted five‑year registration extensions to 425 US beef plants and approved new five‑year registrations for 77 additional US facilities, addressing US concerns over beef‑facility registration.
- US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted that China agreed to implement beef commitments that include resuming imports from 17 US states.
- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the United States expects China to purchase "double‑digit billions" of US farm goods over the next three years, though specific products and volumes have not yet been disclosed.
Why it matters: The agreement lowers soybean duties and restores US beef‑plant registrations, giving US farm producers a channel to recover the 65.7% trade decline and allowing Chinese private crushers to resume purchases that state traders had monopolized, while opening a path for double‑digit‑billion‑dollar sales over three years.
