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China says it hopes this year will be a “landmark year” in relations with the United States, as the two sides prepare for an expected leaders’ summit later this month. On Sunday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells reporters in Beijing that the two leaders have had “good exchanges” at the highest levels. U.S. President Donald Trump is due in Beijing near the end of March. While China did not confirm the summit, Wang says both sides have a ready agenda for discussions. The U.S. and China have tensions over issues from trade to national security.

President Donald Trump's tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese products officially went into effect on Friday and China has responded by imposing their own tariffs on over 500 American products, including Ohio's second largest export soybeans. 

Soybeans are Ohio's top crop when it comes to agricultural exports, but as the U.S. and China continue proposing retaliatory tariffs, our farmers could start feeling the effects.