The US wants China to commit to buying US$50 billion in agricultural products. Photo: Bloomberg The US wants China to commit to buying US$50 billion in agricultural products. Photo: Bloomberg
The US wants China to commit to buying US$50 billion in agricultural products. Photo: Bloomberg
China /  Diplomacy

Agriculture orders and intellectual property ‘still big barriers to US-China trade deal’

  • Chinese observers say disagreement over size of order for US farm products is one of the main stumbling blocks to a ‘phase one’ agreement
  • Neither side mentioned ‘making progress’ or ‘reaching consensus’ after the lead negotiators spoke by telephone over the weekend

Topic |   US-China trade war
Kristin Huang
Kristin Huang

Updated: 12:36am, 19 Nov, 2019

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The US wants China to commit to buying US$50 billion in agricultural products. Photo: Bloomberg The US wants China to commit to buying US$50 billion in agricultural products. Photo: Bloomberg
The US wants China to commit to buying US$50 billion in agricultural products. Photo: Bloomberg
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