BEIJING: Soybeans are likely to be on the agenda when trade chiefs from the United States and China next meet, a conversation that could shed light on when Beijing plans to resume purchases in earnest.

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, trade representative Jamieson Greer and China’s vice-premier He Lifeng are expected to convene in Paris this weekend, in preparation for a summit in Beijing between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the end of the month.