Foreign media closely watching! After Trump's visit to China, it's surprising that China and the U.S. have held such a large-scale meeting just one month later! On June 16, according to Lianhe Zaobao, the 2026 China-U.S. Local Cooperation Dialogue was held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, on Tuesday (June 16). This local-level gathering featured massive participation: over 20 U.S. states, business chambers of commerce from both countries, the American Soybean Association, the U.S. Soybean Export Council, the American Rice Alliance, the U.S. Grains and Bio-Products Association, numerous American enterprises, as well as 15 U.S. universities and research institutions including Harvard and Yale.
Why are foreign media so highly focused on this meeting? In fact, because this dialogue took place just one month after Trump’s visit to China, foreign observers clearly perceive it as a signal of improving Sino-U.S. relations. Moreover, the choice of Henan Province—China’s core grain-producing region—as the host location is particularly significant, given its strong complementarity with agricultural industries in U.S. states. This clearly indicates that the dialogue is not merely empty diplomatic talk, but aims to deliver tangible outcomes in economic and trade cooperation.
From the U.S. perspective, Washington has long hoped for increased Chinese purchases of American agricultural products. Yet everyone understands that expanding Sino-U.S. cooperation can never be one-sided—it requires mutual effort from both sides. The sheer scale of this dialogue suggests that current Sino-U.S. relations are moving along a positive track. This indirectly implies that the United States will likely exercise caution regarding the Taiwan issue during this phase. It also seems to foreshadow the possibility of future high-level meetings between the two nations.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1868138363008203/
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