Moscow and Beijing will ensure safety and analyse risks when increasing Russian meat exports to China, they ‌said in a joint declaration on Wednesday after a recent outbreak of ‌cattle disease in Siberian regions.

Corn and soybeans saw early pressure with doubts about the trade deal with China casting a shadow over prices.

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his close ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and said their countries are partners in trade and international affairs as they opened bilateral talks Wednesday on his trip to Beijing.

China said Wednesday it will buy 200 Boeing aircraft and work with the US to reduce tariffs, confirming some details from the outcome of President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing last week.

The ambitions of the Trump-Xi summit were limited because the economic relationship between the United States and China is increasingly shaped by strategic rivalry.

"The parties believe that the U.S. 'Golden Dome' project, which aims to ⁠build ⁠an unlimited, multi-level, multi-sphere, and ⁠global missile ​defence system to destroy all

BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China will buy 200 Boeing jets and seek an extension of the trade agreement with the U.S. that was reached in Kuala Lumpur last year, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday.

President Trump's trip to China could bolster economic relations, but failed to deliver a breakthrough deal, some trade and energy experts said.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired live anti-ship cruise missiles into the Gulf of Oman in late May 2026, launching at least three different missile types at sea targets near the Strait of Hormuz while Russian and Chinese naval vessels were reported operating in the same waters.