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Phase 1 of an overall deal to end the U.S.-China trade war calls for China to buy $50 billion in agricultural products annually but Chinese negotiators reportedly are cool to a U.S. proposal that it set up scheduled targets for the purchases.

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Contrary to expectations of an imminent phase one deal, the trade negotiations between the U.S. and China are stuck in an impasse as disagreement persists in critical areas.