U.S. officials unexpectedly extended negotiations on agricultural products between China and the United States

Lead: Reuters Beijing, June 11 Reuters Beijing, June 11 a spokesman for the U.S Embassy in China said Wednesday that a senior U.S trade official visiting China unexpectedly extended negotiations between China and the United States, in an effort to pressure China to further open its domestic market to overseas agricultural products Alan Johnson, chief agricultural negotiator at ZNP's U.S trade office, canceled a press conference scheduled for Wednesday afternoon to continue negotiations with Chinese officials The spokesman said that the talks between China and the United States will continue on Wednesday evening and there will be a press conference tomorrow morning ZNP Johnson was due to leave China on Thursday morning His visit is aimed at opening up China's market and enabling more American agricultural products to enter the potential Chinese market As part of the WTO, China has promised to further open its domestic market for wheat, corn, cotton and other products But U.S officials and agricultural groups complain that China has failed to live up to its commitments, such as the implementation of agricultural products and the TRQ According to the TRQ system, Chinese companies should be able to import a certain amount of foreign products at a lower tariff However, how to issue and use TRQ is still unclear Another thorny issue of ZNP has been China's regulations on the import of genetically modified products About 75% of us soybeans are genetically modified, and US soybean growers say China's regulations are puzzling and threaten the soybean trade of more than $1 billion a year Analysts also said Johnson may have discussions with Chinese officials about China's grain export subsidies, particularly corn ZNP