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Agriculture has ‘unfinished business’ in Sino-U.S. trade, says Vilsack

January 21, 2022
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Although China purchased a record amount of U.S. farm exports over the past two years, it wasn’t enough to comply with the “phase one” agreement that de-escalated the Sino-U.S. trade war, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday. “We obviously have some unfinished business with reference to phase one,” Vilsack told lawmakers a day after President Biden pointed to Chinese shortfalls.

China agreed that it would increase its purchases of U.S. products and services by $200 Billion in 2020 and 2021. The agreement implied total agriculture, food, and seafood exports to China of $80 billion over the two years, but China was billions of dollars behind as the agreement entered its final month, according to a think tank that has monitored China’s performance.

“We continue to press China to increase their purchases,” said Vilsack at a House Agriculture Committee hearing. “They’re $13 billion short on purchases, and there are seven key areas where they have yet to perform — biotech approvals, DDG [distillers’ dried grains]Sales, tariffs on ethanol and a variety other factors [items].”

The administration unveiled a “strategic vision for realigning trade policies toward China” last October that included prodding Beijing to live up to its phase one commitments. U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai said other steps would include raising “serious concerns about China’s state-centered and non-market trade policies that were not addressed in the phase one deal.” The administration said it would create a “targeted tariff exclusion process” for companies that face a financial crunch but need materials from China for their products.

Asked on Tuesday if it was time to begin lifting U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, as proposed by some business groups, Biden responded, “Well, I know that, and that’s why my trade rep is working on that right now. The answer is not clear. It’s uncertain.

“I’d like to be able to be in a position where I can say they’re meeting the commitments, or more of their commitments, and be able to lift some of it. But we’re not there yet.”

China is the largest purchaser of U.S. agricultural goods, purchasing roughly $1 for every $5 in exported products. According to the USDA, China purchased $33.4 billion worth agricultural exports in fiscal 2021. This was the largest ever. However, China would purchase $36 billion more this fiscal year.

Earlier this month, Vilsack told the American Farm Bureau Federation convention that Tai “continues to converse with China about the necessity of living up totally and completely to phase one … We’re going to continue to press China on the need for complete enforcement and implementation of the trade agreement before we begin the process of discussing the possibility of extensions.”

The administration has made more than $13 billion of pandemic relief available to farmers and ranchers, workers, and businesses since it took office a year ago, said Vilsack, “of which almost $9 billion has been outlaid.”

“We have a dichotomy in rural America,” said the agriculture secretary. Farm income is the highest in years, but at the same time, rural communities “still face challenges from the pandemic. COVID-19 exposed a rigid, fragile, and consolidated food system that led to bottlenecks and supply constraints.”

To read Vilsack’s written testimony, click here.

To watch a video of the hearing, click here.

Source: Successful Farming

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