‘Missed opportunity’: US soybean farmers question exclusion from China tariff cuts

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What happenedTrump and Xi are central to coverage of a China meeting involving Iran, trade, and U.S.-China relations.

What changedSouth China Morning Post frames it as "‘Missed opportunity’: US soybean farmers question exclusion from China tariff cuts". The Japan Times frames it as "China and U.S. pledge tariff cuts on $60 billion of goods".

ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.

Archive healthLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

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Still Watching. South China Morning Post frames it as "‘Missed opportunity’: US soybean farmers question exclusion from China tariff cuts". The Japan Times frames it as "China and U.S. pledge tariff cuts on $60 billion of goods".

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South China Morning Post1h ago

‘Missed opportunity’: US soybean farmers question exclusion from China tariff cuts

US soybean farmers have described the exclusion of US soybeans from China’s import list under the newly announced Board of Trade mechanism as a “missed opportunity”, even as Beijing ramped...

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The Japan Times9m ago

China and U.S. pledge tariff cuts on $60 billion of goods

The U.S. and China both did not indicate the extent of the tariff reductions, nor any timing for implementation.

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Fortune1h ago

China has quietly got Trump by the soybeans

Trump and Xi have slashed tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods on each side, but not the soybeans that Iowa farmers depend on

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