China is the world's biggest rice producer and consumer.
China is now buying rice from US.
China last month resumed imports of US beef for the first time since 2003. Last week, Chinese buyers inked deals valued at about US$5 billion during a ceremony in Iowa to buy 12.53 million tonnes of US soybeans and 371 tonnes of beef and pork.
The announcement was another sign of strengthening relations on agriculture trade between the United States and China under US President Donald Trump, despite disagreements in other areas such as steel.