USTR, USDA commend China for meeting more phase-one commitments

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Agriculture Department this week again extolled Beijing’s ending of non-tariff barriers to agricultural goods under the terms of a phase-one trade deal with the U.S. “These steps show that China is moving in the right direction to implement the Phase One agreement,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in a statement issued with USTR Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday. “We will continue to work with China to ensure full implementation of its commitments...