Since January, the US-China Trade Ministers have been in talks

The US-China Trade Ministers have been in talks since May 8th 22:38 on May 8.

On the 8th, the ministers in charge of trade between the United States and China held a telephone talk, which seems to be the first time since the January trade agreement. While President Trump is dissatisfied with the fact that exports of US agricultural products to China will not increase, according to the Chinese side, the two countries will make efforts to steadily implement an agreement over trade friction. Did.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that Deputy Prime Minister Liu Zhang, who is in charge of trade matters, had a telephone consultation between the US Representative of Lightheiser and Treasury Secretary Munewsin on the morning of the 8th.

In January, the two countries agreed that China would significantly increase the purchase of US agricultural products, etc., instead of lowering some of the tariffs that the US is adding to imported goods from China. ..

However, as the confrontation between the United States and China grows fiercer over the spread of the new coronavirus, President Trump has complained that exports to China will not increase and will announce the implementation status of the agreement next week. And the conflict over trade issues is deepening.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced at the meeting that the two sides agreed to continue their exchange of views, indicating that both sides would make efforts to improve the environment for steadily implementing this agreement.

The Chinese side seems to want to soften the Trump administration's criticism of China, but according to Chinese trade statistics released on the 7th, imports from the United States from January to last month were the same as last year. It is about 6% less than the above, and it is pointed out that the conflict between the two countries over trade may deepen further in the future.