China's Foreign Ministry, Asked About U.S. Farm Purchases, Says Steady China-U.S. Trade Ties Serve Both Sides
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, at the regular press conference in Beijing on November 6, 2026, was asked by Reuters about China's purchases of U.S. agricultural goods and the two sides' tariff arrangement. The reporter noted that China's Commerce Ministry spokesperson had said the previous day that China has consistently been open to expanding purchases of agricultural goods from the United States, but only on the condition that the two sides implement their agreed US$30 billion-for-US$30 billion reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement, and asked whether that meant China would not begin fulfilling its US$17 billion agriculture pledge until the tariffs are cut.
Guo said he would refer the specifics to China's competent authorities. He then set out Beijing's general line on trade ties: maintaining the steady development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations is in the interest of both countries and peoples, and conducive to global economic growth, and the two sides need to move in the same direction, adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results, and promote the continued, steady development and improvement of China-U.S. economic and trade ties.
The Foreign Ministry thus neither confirmed nor denied a sequencing link between the purchases and the tariff cuts, referred the specifics to the competent authorities, and restated the principle of keeping trade relations steady. When purchases begin, and how they connect to the tariff arrangement, remains for China's competent authorities to spell out. (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China)
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
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Photo: 图：美国农场收割大豆，中美农产品采购与关税安排是11月6日中国外交部记者会上的提问之一。Wikimedia Commons 图片（公共领域，美国农业部）。 / Photo: A soybean harvest on a U.S. farm; purchases of U.S. farm goods and tariff arrangements came up at China's Foreign Ministry briefing on November 6. Image via Wikimedia Commons (public domain, USDA).
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