Significant purchases of US ag goods by China in the past five months has bumped the country closer to meeting goals set in the Phase One trade agreement.
University of Illinois ag economist Scott Irwin tells Brownfield he is surprised.
“I had become pretty skeptical of their plans, but I think I have been proven wrong. They are not going to get all the way to the phase one targets, but closer than I expected.”
He says the big question is, will China continue those purchases in the second half of the marketing year?
