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Head of Busiest U.S. Port Says China to Miss Agriculture Target

  • China may buy $10 billion of $36.5 billion set in deal: Seroka
  • Port of Los Angeles volumes recovering; down 6% vs year ago
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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The head of the U.S.’s busiest port said China is on track to buy less than one-third of the American agricultural products it promised to purchase in 2020, the first year of a trade pact between the world’s two biggest economies.