China has agreed to purchase at least $17 billion worth of U.S. agricultural products per year through 2028, the White House said Sunday.

The Trump administration and GOP lawmakers are seeking to win over U.S. farmers, a core constituency for the president during his 2016 and 2024 White House wins that has been aggravated by rising

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

Kan., left, and White House trade advisor Peter Navarro holds a sign depicting Chinese owned farmland in the U.S., during a news conference to announce the National Farm Security Action Plan and "discuss actions being taken to protect American agriculture from foreign threats,

Trump raised doubts about arms sales to Taiwan and whether the U.S. would defend the island, rattling a sensitive relationship amid threats from Beijing.

President Donald Trump departed Beijing Thursday afternoon local time without any immediate clear signs that the US and China have resolved thorny challenges dogging the fractious relationship, but with a freshly-stabilized relationship with China leader Xi Jinping – for now.

The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping last week yielded new pacts, though the sides have provided differing details.

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded their summit in Beijing on Friday with both countries looking to claim the visit as a win.

The visit may have produced modest results by the standards of U.S.-China summits but it highlighted a clear benefit for China: after the extremes of last year's trade war, the countries ​have reverted to their familiar economic and strategic standoff.

As Donald Trump lavished Xi Jinping with praise during their Beijing summit, Chinese censors stood aside and let social media users mock the American president as a "paper tiger" with no swagger