Economics
Trump-Xi Standoff Over Hong Kong Puts Trade Deal in Spotlight
- China has halted some U.S. farm imports, people familiar say
- CSIS’s Blanchette says news reports “likely a trial balloon”
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As China awaits U.S. sanctions for cracking down on Hong Kong, recent murmurs in the agriculture markets have increased worries that a trade deal between the world’s two biggest economies could unravel.