China and the United States have agreed to expand agricultural trade through tariff reductions and tackle non-tariff barriers and market access issues, China's commerce ministry said Saturday after this week's summit in Beijing.
The agreements are preliminary and will be finalized as soon as possible, the ministry said following President Donald Trump's visit.
China’s farm imports from the US still face an additional 10 percent levy after last year's rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs sharply curtailed trade, which fell 65.7 percent year-on-year to $8.4 billion in 2025.
Market watchers expect a 10 percent cut in soybean tariffs, which could allow private Chinese crushers to resume purchases that were largely sidelined during last year's US harvest. The ministry said both sides aim to promote two-way trade through reciprocal tariff reductions, though it did not specify which products.
China also agreed to address US concerns over registration of beef facilities and poultry exports. On Friday, Beijing granted five-year extensions to 425 US beef plants and approved new registrations for 77 additional facilities.
US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said China agreed to resume imports from 17 US states. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer expects China to buy double-digit billions of US farm goods over the next three years, though specific values and volumes have not been released.