The Phase One trade agreement with China will have been in effect for an entire year on Valentine’s Day and analysis by the American Farm Bureau shows export promises missed the mark.
“We only got about halfway there.”
As part of the deal, ag economist Veronica Nigh tells Brownfield China agreed to purchase $12.5 billion in agricultural products above what they bought in 2017 but according to export data, China fell short of their agreement by more than $6 billion dollars.
