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China makes first big U.S. soybean purchase since Trump-Xi truce

China has made its first major purchases of U.S. soybeans since President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping struck a trade war truce earlier this month, providing some relief to U.S. farmers who have struggled to find buyers for their record-large harvest. As Sonia Legg reports, the signs of easing Sino-U.S. trade tensions rallied markets.