USTR, USDA report: China 71 percent of the way toward meeting 2020 ag commitments

China has purchased more than 70 percent of the U.S. agricultural products it pledged to buy during the first year of its phase-one trade deal with the U.S., according to a new report from the Trump administration that relies on a new method of tracking purchases. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Agriculture Department on Friday released what they billed as “ an interim report ” on the deal’s agricultural trade provisions, asserting that the agreement “already...