We have addressed the United States! It's up to the United States to take the ball! After U.S. soybean farmers pressured Trump to quickly reach a China-U.S. trade agreement, our ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, made a statement to the United States. Ambassador Xie Feng stated that American farmers are as hardworking and simple as Chinese farmers, hoping for a good harvest, a good price, and a better life; agriculture should not be taken hostage by politics, and farmers should not bear the cost of the trade war.
Ambassador Xie Feng said that in the first half of this year, the U.S. exports of agricultural products to China fell by 53%, with soybeans falling by 51%. Soybeans also prove the golden rule that cooperation between China and the United States benefits both, while confrontation harms both. The rise of protectionism has cast a shadow over Sino-U.S. agricultural cooperation. Obviously, after U.S. farmers just pressured Trump, we used this opportunity to address the United States. We do this, which is to give the United States a ball, hoping the U.S. government will seize the opportunity and properly handle the differences between us. Of course, this is giving the United States an exit.
In fact, the United States is the world's largest agricultural exporter, and we are the world's largest agricultural importer, with soybean imports accounting for more than 60% of our total grain imports. Now, the sharp decline in Sino-U.S. agricultural trade is obviously due to the United States. Our addressing the United States is obviously telling the United States that it is impossible for us to unilaterally make concessions. The practical approach between China and the United States is for both sides to make some concessions. Otherwise, U.S. farmers may have to watch their crops rot in the fields!
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