This archive report was first published on 11 July 2019.
US President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with China's failure to meet its commitments on purchasing agricultural goods, a key aspect of the ongoing trade negotiations between the two nations.
As reported by the White House, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to a ceasefire in their trade war during their meeting at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, last month.
However, in a tweet on Thursday, Trump stated that China had not been buying the agricultural products from American farmers as they had promised, saying, "Mexico is doing great at the Border, but China is letting us down in that they have not been buying the agricultural products from our great Farmers that they said they would."
Trump added, "Hopefully they will start soon!"
According to reports, China had offered to purchase a significant amount of agricultural products from the US in exchange for suspending a planned tariff increase on $300 billion in Chinese imports.
Reducing the US trade deficit with China has been a key objective of Trump's trade policies, which also aim to address China's alleged theft of American technology and unfair market interventions.
Since last year, the two countries have imposed tariffs on over $360 billion in two-way trade, exacerbating the ongoing trade tensions.
