Coronavirus could impact Chinese purchases of US farm goods: US official

Business / Coronavirus could impact Chinese purchases of US farm goods: US official

Coronavirus could impact Chinese purchases of US farm goods: US official

Published February 12, 2020, 12:00 AM

By Reuters

The coronavirus outbreak in China could reduce Chinese purchases of American agricultural products this year under the US-China Phase 1 trade deal, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Tuesday.

National security adviser Robert O'Brien attends a briefing on the situation with Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2020. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) — National security adviser Robert O’Brien attends a briefing on the situation with Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2020. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)

“We expect the Phase 1 deal will allow China to import more food and open those markets to American farmers, but certainly as we watch this coronavirus outbreak unfold in China it could have an impact on how big, at least in this current year, the purchases are,” O’Brien told an event at the Atlantic Council.

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