PIIE analysis: China has met only 38 percent of its year-one ag commitments

China has purchased just 38 percent of the agriculture products it committed to in its phase-one trade deal with the U.S., according to a Peterson Institute of International Economics tracker that relies on U.S. Census data. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday released a report relying on a different methodology that says China has bought more than 70 percent. Lighthizer has been critical of the PIIE tracker, calling it “childish”. PIIE updated its tracker...