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(Rewrites throughout with U.S. market trading, adds quote, updates prices, adds byline, changes dateline from PARIS/CANBERRA) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. soybean futures were little changed on Friday as pressure from a fast-advancing U.S. harvest offset support from hopes that upcoming U.S.-China talks could revive stalled soybean trade. Corn edged lower on the prospect of rising supplies from a likely record-large U.S. crop, while wheat firmed on short covering and technical buying. Soybeans were poised for their first weekly advance in three weeks, rising more than 30 cents a bushel from midweek lows after comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that soybeans would be a major topic of discussion when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in four weeks. Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday predicted a "pretty big breakthrough" from the Trump-Xi talks while also flagging U.S. government aid for soybean farmers. "We had a little Trump bump," said Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities. "It's seller beware when you've got the administration out here trying to talk more positively about negotiations." The soy market remains anchored by below-normal export sales and expectations for a large U.S. harvest. Importers in China, the top U.S. soy market by far, have not yet bought soybeans from the autumn U.S. harvest. Chicago Board of Trade November soybeans rose as high as $10.28-3/4 a bushel before falling back to $10.23-1/2 by 12:48 p.m. CDT (1748 GMT), down 1/4 cent on the day. December corn futures were down 1-3/4 cents at $4.20 a bushel. CBOT December wheat was up 1 cent at $5.15-3/4 per bushel. The U.S. corn harvest is also advancing quickly, helped by warm and dry weather across the Midwest corn belt. However, government data tracking harvesting progress will not be available due to a U.S. government shutdown. The stalemate in Washington is also likely to delay the release of a critical crop supply and demand report next Thursday. (Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Peter Hobson in Canberra; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair, Leroy Leo and Barbara Lewis)

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(Adds Canada meeting in paragraph 6) Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff strategy has injected uncertainty into global financial markets, exacerbated by legal challenges to the levies and Trump's push for bilateral trade deals. Trump's order on "reciprocal" tariffs for exports from 69 trading partners listing higher import duty rates of 10% to 41% kicked in on August 7, raising the average U.S. import duty to its highest in a century. The latest round of levies includes a 100% tariff on branded or patented pharmaceutical imports and a 25% duty on heavy-duty trucks, as Trump intensifies efforts to reshape global trade. Here is a timeline for upcoming events and dates that could have a bearing on U.S. tariff policy: October 1 The United States imposed a 100% tariff on imports of branded or patented pharmaceutical products, with some exceptions for companies building a manufacturing plant in the United States. Trump also imposed 25% levies on heavy-duty trucks. October 6-7 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said he plans a trip to Washington to discuss economic and security issues and including an October 7 meeting with Trump. October 14 Trump's 10% tariffs on imported timber and lumber and 25% duties on kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered furniture come into effect. November 10 The U.S.-China tariff truce is extended through early November, providing a reprieve during the seasonal surge in imports ahead of the year-end holiday season. January 1, 2026 Duties will rise further on January 1, 2026 to 30% for upholstered furniture and 50% for cabinets and vanities from countries without trade agreements. (Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta and Abhinav Parmar in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel, Pooja Desai, Arun Koyyur, Anil D'Silva and Barbara Lewis)

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WHITE HOUSE ON DANISH REPORTS OF RUSSIAN NAVAL PROVOCATIONS: IT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY

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* First female Archbishop of Canterbury in 1,400 years * Mullally condemns safeguarding scandals, antisemitism * Conservative Anglican group condemns appointment of a woman * Mullally has been Bishop of London since 2018 * She will be installed at Canterbury Cathedral in March 2026 (Adds reaction from Vatican, paragraph 13) By Muvija M CANTERBURY, England, Oct 3 (Reuters) – The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to serve as ceremonial head of Anglican Christianity worldwide, prompting immediate criticism from conservative church leaders in Africa. The 63-year-old bishop, who once served as England's top nurse, will, like her predecessors, face a Communion divided between conservatives and more liberal Christians over the role of women in the Church and the acceptance of same-sex couples. While the appointment was welcomed by many religious leaders in Britain, Laurent Mbanda, archbishop of Rwanda and chairman of a global grouping of conservative Anglican churches, told Reuters that Mullally would not unite the Communion. A bishop in Nigeria said the choice was "very dangerous" because women should follow men. The Church of England's evangelical wing also called for a halt to what it called a drift away from scripture. MULLALLY HAS CHAMPIONED LIBERAL CAUSES Bishop of London since 2018, Mullally has previously championed blessings for same-sex couples, a major source of contention in the global Anglican Communion. Homosexuality is outlawed in some African countries. In an address in Canterbury Cathedral on Friday, she said she would seek to help every ministry to flourish, "whatever our tradition". On same-sex relationships, she told Reuters in an interview that the Church of England and the broader Anglican Communion had long wrestled with difficult issues. "It may not be resolved quickly," she added. Mullally said she wanted the Church to tackle the misuse of power after sexual abuse scandals and safeguarding issues, and she condemned rising antisemitism following an attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday which killed two men. The Church of England, which broke away from Roman Catholicism in the 16th century, has allowed women to be ordained as priests for more than 30 years and to become bishops for more than a decade. Those reforms have been rejected by many churches in Africa and Asia which fall under the Anglican Communion and consider the Archbishop of Canterbury as their ceremonial head but set their own rules. "Christ is the head of the Church, man is the head of the family, and from creation God has never handed over the position of leadership to woman," Nigeria's Funkuro Godrules Victor Amgbare, Bishop of Northern Izon, told Reuters in Abuja. The Vatican, which does not allow women to be ordained as priests, welcomed Mullally's appointment in a statement, noting that the challenges facing the Anglican church were "considerable". SAFEGUARDING IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED Mullally will replace Justin Welby, who resigned over a child abuse cover-up scandal and who was criticised by some Anglicans for taking an activist role on social issues. In Friday's cathedral address she spoke of the difficulties of an age which "craves certainty and tribalism" and a country which is wrestling with complex moral and political questions. She noted the "horrific violence" of the previous day's synagogue attack, saying it revealed "hatred that rises up through fractures across our communities". Mullally, who as a bishop already holds a seat in the British parliament's House of Lords, is also an outspoken opponent of legislation currently being debated to allow assisted dying. 'IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE' Mullally is a former cancer nurse who worked as England's Chief Nursing Officer in the early 2000s. She was ordained as a priest in 2002 and became one of the first women consecrated as a bishop in the Church of England in 2015. The married mother of two adult children said there were similarities between nursing and Christian ministry. "It's all about people, and sitting with people during the most difficult times in their lives," she once told a magazine. Linda Woodhead, professor of theology and religious studies at King’s College London, said the Church needed Mullally's strong management skills. "Her emphasis on unity, gentleness and strength is exactly what the Church, and nation, needs right now," she said. Reflecting the Church's status as England's established faith, the appointment was announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office and given formal assent by King Charles. The monarch has been supreme governor of the Church of England for nearly 500 years since Henry VIII broke from the pope in Rome. David Pestell, 74, who heads a tourist guide group in Canterbury, reflected on Mullally's predecessors. "Some of them have been very good, some of them have been pretty bad," he said. "Some of them have been very contentious, and some of them ended up murdered. I hope it doesn't happen to this one. It's delightful." (Reporting by Muvija M, writing by Sarah Young and Kate Holton; additional reporting by Abraham Achirga in Abuja Editing by Gareth Jones and Peter Graff)

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