Source: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 6/5/20


China appears to be quietly moving ahead with implementing the phase one trade deal with the United States despite the continuing deterioration in relations between the two countries. In a subtle move behind the scenes, Beijing has shifted the day-to-day authority over China’s purchases of US farm products, such as soybeans, to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs from the Ministry of Commerce, according to sources and government documents. An official at the Ministry of Commerce, who declined to be identified, confirmed agricultural product purchases were now in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture did not respond to a request for comment.

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