Phase-One trade agreement

U.S. fresh apple holdings on November 1st were 12% below the same time last year, according to the season’s first storage report from the U.S. Apple Association.

China has continues progress on and taken several additional steps to meet ag-related commitments in the Phase-One trade agreement.

Concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in China. The California Prune Board, for example, will not take a delegation of growers to China and Hong Kong to promote trade.