U.S. must be 'understanding' if China virus impacts trade pledges - agriculture secretary
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday that the United States would have to be tolerant if the fast-spreading coronavirus impaired China's ability to increase purchases of American farm products under the countries' recently signed trade deal.China, in the initial deal signed Jan. 15, promised to buy at least an additional $12.5 billion (9.6 billion pounds) worth of U.S. farm products in 2020 and at least $19.5 billion in 2021 over the..