Ag Secretary Vilsack supports Trade Ambassador Tai’s new approach to China over the phase one trade deal.
He says China has met 50 of the 57 key agreements in the deal with those seven important areas unfulfilled, “Not the least of which is biotechnology trait approvals, just as an example. So, obviously, Ambassador Tai should press the Chinese on fulfilling their responsibilities in that key area.”
Vilsack says on the purchase side, while it’s true that the Chinese obviously have made significant purchases recently, now just getting back and perhaps just a bit above where they were prior to the trade war, the reality is they’re still about $5-Billion dollars short of the amount of purchasing under phase one that they agreed to make and that, I think, is important that we continue to press the Chinese for compliance with phase 1.
