China News Service, July 14th, Li Kuiwen, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Statistics and Analysis Department, responded on the first phase of the Sino-US economic and trade agreement on the 14th. He said that in the first half of the year, imports from the United States fell by 1.8 percentage points lower than overall imports, and the agreement is being implemented.
The State Council Office held a press conference on the 14th to introduce the import and export situation in the first half of 2020. At the meeting, a reporter asked: What is the situation of the purchase from the United States under the first phase of the Sino-US economic and trade agreement? In this regard, Li Kuiwen said that in the first half of this year, the total value of Sino-US trade was 1.64 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.6%. Among them, exports to the US were 1.25 trillion yuan, down 8.1%, imports from the US were 395.62 billion yuan, down 1.5%, and trade surplus was 851.74 billion yuan, down 10.8%.
Li Kuiwen said that China and the United States are important trading partners, and that Sino-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial and win-win. In the face of difficulties in responding to sudden outbreaks, they are still keeping their promises and fulfilling agreements. In the first half of the year, imports from the United States fell by 1.8 percentage points lower than overall imports, and the agreement is being implemented. Under the current situation, the healthy and stable development of bilateral economic and trade relations is of great significance for maintaining the economic stability of China and the United States and for promoting the global economy to get rid of the impact of the epidemic as soon as possible. China and the United States should create conditions and atmosphere, eliminate interference, and jointly implement The first phase of China-US economic and trade agreement.