GOP Lawmakers Call on Biden to Take Action on China’s Failure to Meet Trade Commitments

Workers stand near a container ship at the port in Qingdao, a city in eastern China's Shandong Province, on June 8, 2017. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Sixty House Republican lawmakers are seeking answers from President Joe Biden after Beijing failed to meet its buying targets under the “phase one” trade agreement with the United States.

The lawmakers are particularly concerned about how China failed to buy enough U.S. agricultural products. According to their letter (pdf) to Biden, China was nearly $16 billion short of its commitment to import $73.9 billion of U.S. agricultural products in 2020 and 2021.