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China delegation’s cancelled US farm states visit ‘nothing to do’ with trade war talks, minister says
The cancellation of a Chinese trade delegation’s trip to American farm states, news of which roiled US markets, was not down to any failure in trade talks, according to a senior member of the delegation. Han Jun, a vice-minister at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was quoted by China Business News, a state-owned media outlet, as saying “the change in the plan had nothing to do with the trade negotiations, as the trip was a stand-alone arrangement”. The planned trip to farms in Montana and Nebraska will be rescheduled at a later date, Han said, pending an invitation by the United States. Han, ... (full story)