China Failed to Meet ‘Phase 1’ Trade Deal Commitments: US Trade Official

China Failed to Meet ‘Phase 1’ Trade Deal Commitments: US Trade Official
A crane loading and lifting containers at an automated cargo wharf in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong Province, on Oct. 24, 2018. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Michael Washburn
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U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi has raised concerns at a Washington trade conference about the Chinese regime’s failure to honor its commitments under the “phase one” trade deal signed in January 2020.

Under the agreement, which expired at the end of 2021, China promised to ramp up purchases of U.S. energy, agricultural, and manufactured products and services by $200 billion in excess of what China imported in 2017.

Michael Washburn
Michael Washburn
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Michael Washburn is a New York-based reporter who covers U.S. and China-related topics for The Epoch Times. He has a background in legal and financial journalism, and also writes about arts and culture. Additionally, he is the host of the weekly podcast Reading the Globe. His books include “The Uprooted and Other Stories,” “When We're Grownups,” and “Stranger, Stranger.”
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