"Trump's upbeat forecast on trade with China comes after Beijing announced last month that it would resume purchases of US soya beans and would halt expanded curbs on rare earths exports to the US amid detente in the tariff war with Washington. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that China had pledged to buy 12 million metric tonnes of soya beans from US farmers this year, but the Reuters news agency reports that the pace of Chinese purchases had been less than initially expected."
"China and the United States once fought side by side against fascism and militarism, and should now work together to safeguard the outcomes of World War II, Xi was quoted as telling Trump in the call, China's official Xinhua news agency reports. Xi also told Trump that Taiwan's return to China is an integral part of the post-war international order."
China's Foreign Ministry said Trump initiated a call with Xi Jinping and that communication was crucial for developing stable US-China relations. Trump told reporters that he asked Xi to accelerate and increase purchases of US goods and that Xi more or less agreed. Beijing previously announced it would resume purchases of US soya beans and would halt expanded curbs on rare earths exports to the US. China had pledged to buy 12 million tonnes of soya beans, but actual orders so far total nearly two million tonnes. The leaders recently agreed a trade framework in South Korea. Xi described Taiwan's return to China as integral to the post-war international order and urged cooperation to safeguard World War II outcomes.
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