Amid signals that the U.S. and China have made some progress in trade negotiations in recent weeks, China has tentatively resumed buying U.S. commodities – something it had stopped doing during the peak of the trade dispute in the summer and fall of 2018. China is now once again importing U.S. crude oil and soybeans, but despite increased inquiries, the Chinese market response to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) is still tepid, S&P Global Platts’ Eric Yep writes in an analysis , citing traders. “China will agree to purchase a not yet agreed upon, but very substantial, amount of agricultural, energy, industrial, and other product from the United States to reduce the trade imbalance between our two countries,” the White House said after the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in early December. While a new summit between the two […]