Source: Adam Behsudi, POLITICO, 7/23/19

White House senior economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Tuesday the administration hopes China will begin “very soon” to make significant purchases of U.S. agricultural goods as a goodwill gesture — and ultimately as part of a final trade deal. “I’m going to play that on the optimistic side. Going over there is a very good sign,” Kudlow told reporters. He confirmed that a senior U.S. official will travel to China for the first face-to-face meeting of top negotiators since President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed late last month to restart trade talks that had stalled in May.

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