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Bloomberg writers Mike Dorning and Michael Hirtzer reported last week that, "President Donald Trump’s phase-one trade deal with China offers the promise of more overseas sales for American farmers, but the impact of the agreement remains unclear."

Wall Street Journal writer William Mauldin reported on Thursday that, "The U.S. Senate easily passed an overhaul of North America’s trade rules on Thursday, sending a major Trump administration priority to the president’s desk."

Financial Times writer James Politi reported on Wednesday that, "The US and China have signed an agreement to pause the trade war that has weighed on the global economy for nearly two years, while leaving in place tariffs on hundreds…

Lingling Wei reported in Friday's Wall Street Journal that, "Chinese President Xi Jinping’s chief trade negotiator will travel to Washington early next week to sign a phase-one trade deal with the U.S., China’s Commerce Ministry said Thursday, the first official…

William Mauldin reported in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal that, "A Senate committee approved a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, despite criticism from some lawmakers that it lacks sufficient protections for U.S. companies."

Wall Street Journal writers Bob Davis, Andrew Restuccia and Lingling Wei reported on Tuesday that, "President Trump said he would sign the recently negotiated phase-one trade deal with China in Washington on Jan. 15—marking a formal truce in the U.S-China trade…

Reuters writers Hallie Gu and Tom Daly reported late last week that, "China will make good on a pledge to purchase more than $40 billion per year of U.S. agricultural products under the recently agreed Phase 1 trade deal between…

Don Lee and Alice Su reported in Saturday's Los Angeles Times that, "The United States and China reached a preliminary trade agreement that includes the rollback of some tariffs on Chinese imports and a commitment by Beijing to make a…

Lingling Wei, Bob Davis, William Mauldin and Josh Zumbrun reported in Friday's Wall Street Journal that, "President Trump has agreed to a limited trade agreement with Beijing that will roll back existing tariff rates on Chinese goods and cancel new…

Natalie Andrews, William Mauldin and Anthony Harrup reported yesterday at The Wall Street Journal Online that, "A new U.S. trade deal with Mexico and Canada gained backing from House Democrats, setting the agreement on course for likely ratification by Congress in 2020 and…

Late last week, Wall Street Journal writers Grace Zhu, Eva Dou and Bob Davis reported that, "China’s trade negotiations with the U.S. remain on track, Beijing said, offering official reassurance after tensions flared between the world’s two biggest economies over…

On Monday, Financial Times writers James Politi, Bryan Harris and Benedict Mander reported that, "Donald Trump will reimpose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from Brazil and Argentina after accusing the countries of a 'massive devaluation' of their currencies…

On Monday, the USDA released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade, a quarterly report from the Department's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and Economic Research Service (ERS).  Today's update includes highlights from the report, which was coordinated by Kamron Daugherty and…

Last week, Financial Times writer James Politi reported that, "President Donald Trump threatened a new escalation of the trade war with China, saying US tariffs on Chinese goods would be 'raised very substantially' if no truce was reached with officials…

Josh Zumbrun, William Mauldin and Chao Deng reported on the front page of Friday's Wall Street Journal that, "Beijing’s announcement Thursday that the U.S. and China have mutually agreed to roll back tariffs as part of a 'phase one' trade accord…

Reuters writers Heather Timmons and Hallie Gu reported last week that, "U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that Beijing commit to big purchases of American farm products has become a major sticking point in talks to end the Sino-U.S. trade war,…

Bloomberg writers Michael Hirtzer and Tatiana Freitas reported last week that, "China is clearing the way for more purchases of American soybeans in an apparent boon for U.S. farmers. There’s just one thing getting in the way -- cheap Brazilian…

Reuters writer Dominique Patton reported last week that, "China is still a long way from forking out $50 billion for farm goods from the United States, agriculture industry analysts said on [Oct. 14th], cautioning that getting there is contingent on…

William Mauldin, Chao Deng and Vivian Salama reported in Saturday's Wall Street Journal that, "The U.S. and China took an initial step to cement a trade agreement that had been derailed, with Washington saying on Friday it would shelve a planned increase…

Tom Mitchell reported on Wednesday at The Financial Times Online that, "Chinese officials are offering to increase purchases of US agricultural products as they seek an interim agreement between Beijing and Washington that will stave off a new round of…