US workers hurt by reduced exports to China

Business council says rollback of some tariffs likely on both sides of trade talks

Exports from the United States to China slumped by 7 percent last year, as the trade dispute between the two countries began to bite, but they still outpaced export growth to the rest of the world over the last decade, underlining China's important role in sustaining US jobs, according to a report released on Wednesday by the US-China Business Council.

Total US goods exported to China in 2018 were valued at $119 billion, down $9 billion from the previous year.