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Chicago soybean prices on Wednesday slid from a 6-1/2-year high hit in the previous session, as Argentine soy crushers signed a deal with oilseed workers to end a strike that had been pushing up prices.

Chicago corn and soybeans slid from their 6-1/2-year high on Wednesday, as Argentine soy crushers signed a deal with oilseed workers to end a strike that had been pushing up prices in recent days.

Argentine oilseed workers and grains inspectors said on Wednesday they will spend Christmas on strike, further bogging down agricultural exports by extending a work stoppage that started on Dec. 9.

The Serbian parliament on Thursday adopted the Balkan country's budget for next year, projecting growth at 6% of national output and a 3% deficit following a downturn this year caused by the coronavirus crisis.

(Recasts with ministry confirmation of the meeting, adds strike and market context) BUENOS AIRES, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Argentina is moving to resolve a ports strike that has bogged down agricultural exports from one of the world’s main bread baskets by calling a meeting next week aimed at jumpstarting wage talks between oilseed workers and export companies. A labor ministry spokesman told Reuters on Friday that the government will sponsor the negotiation session this Tuesday. “In principal th...