don't Focus for the first time trade officials from us and China I've heard candidate pragmatic talks this is the first discussion under the Biden era as Washington examines whether be doing is holding up its end of a trade pact former President Donald Trump punitive tariffs are imposed on a range of goods sold between the two countries the two countries had earlier signed the so-called phase one agreement in January 2020 in which reaching pledged to increase its purchases of American products and services by at least two hundred billion dollars over 2020 and 2021 but top us trade negotiator Catherine Tire said she is analyzing whether the terms of that pack have been met by China after some experts say that BJ is falling short by 40% on its agreement to buy us growth under the agreement the pair are meant to check in every six months on the progress of
agreement the phase one deal aimed to end up damaging to your trade War launched by former President Trump which heightened tensions between the two countries the deal permits China to buying tens of billions of dollars worth of American Agricultural Goods energy and services in exchange for slashing Trump are our tariffs on hundred and twenty billion dollars worth of Chinese exports Biden's Administration is not gone back on the tough trade rhetoric he's insisting it will keep those tariffs in place for now as he looks to reboot the American economy hit by the covid-19 pandemic on its side China is maintained duties on some imports from the United States China's economy has bounced back on exports during the pandemic sales of Chinese made Goods have soared across the rest of the world which has a large area seen people trapped at home for the past year