https://www.scmp.com/rss/524693/feed David Okoronkwo is a Schwarzman Visiting Fellow at the Centre on Contemporary China and the World, University of Hong Kong, focusing on international agricultural cooperation. Previously, he served as a youth policy delegate at the UN World Food Forum, a research analyst at Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, and worked on sustainability projects with multinationals including Syngenta and Limagrain. He holds an MA in global affairs from Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, and a joint... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com David Okoronkwo David Okoronkwo After US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands in Busan last month, the headlines highlighted smiles and tariff rollbacks. Washington hailed it as a “massive victory”, saying China had pledged to buy 12 million tonnes of American soybeans by January and at least 25 million tonnes annually for the next three years. Futures on the Chicago Board of Trade surged and farmers in the US Midwest cheered. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared that “our great soybean... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3332390/soybean-diplomacy-us-china-now-holds-remote-control?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3332390/soybean-diplomacy-us-china-now-holds-remote-control?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 21:30:09 +0000