China purchases could undercut Trump’s larger trade goal | World News, The Indian Express

China purchases could undercut Trump’s larger trade goal | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Washington |Published: April 2, 2019 10:04:32 am

China purchases could undercut Trump’s larger trade goal

Negotiators are still working out deal terms, but any agreement seems certain to involve China’s promise to purchase hundreds of billions of dollars of American goods.

Raw sorghum grain in 2013. China imported more than 0 billion worth of American goods in 2018, including large volumes of soybeans. A trade deal could result in China promising to buy hundreds of billions of dollars of American products, including sorghum, further cementing Beijing’s role in the economy. (Photo: Christopher Smith/The New York Times)

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