Normalizing trade may bear fruit for US apples
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="agriculture">agriculture</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allowing">allowing</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="state">state</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Golden">Golden</span> <span word="Delicious">Delicious</span> <span word="apples">apples</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="ban">ban</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unclear">unclear</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="import">import</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="apples">apples</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="produces">produces</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="apples">apples</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Animal">Animal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Plant">Plant</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Inspection">Inspection</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="counterparts">counterparts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="closely">closely</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="normalizing">normalizing</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="apples">apples</span>," <span word="Workabeba">Workabeba</span> <span word="Yigzaw">Yigzaw</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spokeswoman">spokeswoman</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Agriculture">Agriculture</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>. "<span word="We">We</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enhancing">enhancing</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="bilateral">bilateral</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="continuing">continuing</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="mutually">mutually</span> <span word="beneficial">beneficial</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="China">China</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ban">ban</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="imposed">imposed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> 80 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="America">America</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="apples">apples</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shipment">shipment</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="early">early</span> 2017 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> "<span word="post">post</span>-<span word="harvest">harvest</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="varieties">varieties</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="apples">apples</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="imported">imported</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1993, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="about">about</span> 500,000 <span word="boxes">boxes</span> <span word="shipped">shipped</span> <span word="annually">annually</span>.</p><p><span word="US">US</span> <span word="agriculture">agriculture</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="challenged">challenged</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ban">ban</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="claiming">claiming</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2017 <span word="shipment">shipment</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="crabapples">crabapples</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="pollination">pollination</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Northwest">Northwest</span> <span word="Horticultural">Horticultural</span> <span word="Council">Council</span>, <span word="agriculture">agriculture</span> <span word="representatives">representatives</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Xiamen">Xiamen</span>, <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="inspections">inspections</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Golden">Golden</span> <span word="Delicious">Delicious</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="Delicious">Delicious</span> <span word="apples">apples</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="USDA">USDA</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Animal">Animal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Plant">Plant</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Inspection">Inspection</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="drew">drew</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pest">pest</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="imports">imports</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="signals">signals</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="apples">apples</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="Association">Association</span>.</p>
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