Question of purchases of U.S. ag goods by China as the two sides negotiate remains an open issue, with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer not signaling any specific commodities or tonnages involved in answers to questions from members of the Senate Finance Committee.
“As you know, the United States is demanding that China make substantial purchases of U.S. agricultural products, in addition to making structural changes across a wide range of unfair policies and practices,” he said. Meanwhile the U.S. is pushing to get China to change its ways.
Asked again about the purchase commitments, Lighthizer said the U.S. focus continues on getting China to change how it treats imported products.
“The United States has been negotiating with China to resolve a large number of unwarranted and longstanding trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports,” he observed. “We are encouraging China to demonstrate real structural changes across a wide range of unfair policies and practices that will yield actual, verifiable, and enforceable results. The administration has been clear in demanding that China make substantial purchases of U.S. agricultural products and remove technical and regulatory barriers that impede U.S. agricultural exports to China.”
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