US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in four weeks, with soybeans set to be a major point of discussion during the talks as US-China trade frictions deepen.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said American soybean farmers have been hurt by China’s decision to stop purchasing their crops. He accused Beijing of using the move as a bargaining tactic.

"The Soybean Farmers of our Country are being hurt because China is, for ‘negotiating’ reasons only, not buying," Trump wrote. He added that revenue collected through tariffs would be partly redirected to support US farmers.

The upcoming talks come against the backdrop of heightened US-China trade tensions. Washington has maintained

steep tariffs on Chinese imports, which Trump imposed earli

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