Trade deal requires efforts of both sides

Following the consensus that was reached by President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka in June, what both countries do to promote an atmosphere conducive for productive talks is important.

Up to now, several million tons of soybeans have already been loaded onto ships and will soon be on their way to China while the United States has already exempted extra duties on 110 items of industrial products from China, according to information from China's Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce on Sunday.

Some Chinese enterprises have also consulted US suppliers about the prices of cotton, pork and sorghum since July 19, the departments state. And agreements have been reached on some products and exemptions of the extra duties on these US imports have been applied for.