US seeks to more than double ag exports in talks with China

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By Bill Tomson, Agri-Pulse

U.S. negotiators are pushing for China to increase its imports of U.S. agriculture commodities by about $25 billion, which would more than double the roughly $20 billion the country now buys annually, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Wednesday.

President Donald Trump is demanding the additional $25 billion in U.S. ag exports to China, Perdue said, but also cautioned that it couldn’t happen immediately. The two countries would need between two and five years to ramp up trade to that level, Perdue told a gathering of reporters.

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