President Donald Trump said he won’t renegotiate his so-called “phase one" trade deal with China, despite the country falling short on agreements to purchase additional U.S.
exports. “We’re not going to renegotiate," he said in an interview with Fox Business Network broadcast Thursday. While Chinese purchases of U.S.
agricultural goods have recently picked up, the Global Times, a Communist Party publication, reported earlier this month that Beijing was weighing voiding or renegotiating the deal.
The publication said that officials in the Chinese government were angered by U.S. criticism of China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.