Phase One trade deal is a start, but there’s more that could be done

Phase One trade deal is a start, but there’s more that could be done

Progress is being made in finalizing the “Phase One” trade deal.

Ian Sheldon, a professor and the Andersons Chair of Agricultural Marketing, Trade, and Policy at Ohio State University, discusses what could be in the agreement.

“They’re going to pause the increase in tariffs and we’ve actually seen that, secondly there’s an expectation that there really will be concessions on the enforcement of intellectual property rights, and third the Chinese in principle have made commitments on agricultural imports,” he says.

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