Unpublished Paper
China’s Agricultural Imports under the Phase One Deal: Is Success Possible?
CARD Policy Briefs
Publication Date
5-1-2020
Series Number
20-PB 29
Abstract
We examine China’s committed agricultural purchases under the phase one trade deal and whether it can fulfill those commitments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We review China’s actual agricultural imports from the United States and other countries up to the first quarter of 2020 and analyze trade deal obligations China must still meet by the end of 2020. We use prior seasonal patterns and US-China price differentials to predict China’s agricultural imports from the United States in 2020. We examine total agricultural and related products with special focus on corn, soybeans, cotton, sorghum, pork, and beef.
Disciplines
Copyright Owner
The Authors
Copyright Date
2020
Citation Information
Xi He, Dermot J. Hayes and Wendong Zhang. "China’s Agricultural Imports under the Phase One Deal: Is Success Possible?" (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dermot_hayes/208/