China will restore soybean import licences for three U.S. firms and lift its suspension on U.S. log imports starting November 10, its customs authority said on Friday in another sign of easing trade tensions between the two nations. The licence suspensions for farmer-owned cooperative CHS, global grains exporter Louis Dreyfus Company Grains Merchandising and export grain terminal operator EGT were imposed in March amid escalating trade frictions.