In January, the U.S. and China agreed to a trade deal that cut some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for Chinese pledges to purchase more American farm, energy and manufactured goods and address U.S. complaints about intellectual property practices.
Specifically, China agreed to increase purchases of U.S. products and services by at least $200 billion over the next two years. In 2017, before the trade war began, China bought $130 billion in U.S. goods and $56 billion in services. Under the deal, China commits to buying an additional $77.7 billion in manufactured goods, $52.4 billion in energy exports, $32 billion in agricultural commodities, and $37.9 billion in services.