China and the United States may settle the dispute over quotas on agricultural products in June

Introduction: according to Alan Johnson, chief agricultural negotiator of USTR, China and the United States may begin to resolve the dispute over the tariff rate quota (TRO) imposed by China on US agricultural imports as early as June Johnson, who is due to visit China in June, said in an interview that the United States hopes that there will be substantial progress in this meeting, and that both sides can clearly start to solve the remaining problems According to ned Johnson, Robert Zoellick, the U.S trade negotiator, visited China in February USTR conveyed to China the U.S view on how to make the implementation of tariff rate quota consistent with China's obligations and commitments in the WTO through a way Johnson said he hoped to receive a response from China before his visit to China, although China has yet to say anything He said he would not arbitrarily believe that China has a responsibility to do so, but at least based on what we have seen so far, China has been committed to solving these problems If this is not the case, then the United States has to consider using all its available rights to solve the problem, including through the WTO, but this is not the preferred method Before entering WTO, Ned China promised to change the tariff quota system of agricultural products, such as wheat, corn, cotton, wool and vegetable oil, to provide more trade opportunities for American goods However, according to a recent report released by USTR, China's implementation of tariff rate quotas is still to protect the interests of domestic farmers and maintain the privileges enjoyed by state-owned trading companies Johnson added that the two sides will continue to solve these problems on the basis of their visit in February Ned