(NAFB.com) – A spokesman from the Chinese commerce ministry was asked this week when China might resume buying American soybeans. He said the U.S. should remove what China describes as unreasonable tariffs and create conditions that help expand trade between the two nations. Traders in China have opted to fill their soybean needs in South America. China, the world’s biggest soybean buyer, hasn’t booked any soybeans from the U.S. during America’s harvest. American farmers are in danger of missing out on billions of dollars’ worth of soybean sales because of the unresolved tensions. Reuters said Senior Chinese Trade Negotiator Li Chenggang’s meeting with leaders from the Midwest may signal the world’s second-largest economy might be willing to buy some U.S. soybeans ahead of more wide-ranging talks. Disagreement on technical details might be slowing the negotiations. “U.S. action on the unreasonable tariffs would create possible trade expansion,” said a commerce ministry spokesperson.