WASHINGTON, May 21, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced additional progress in the implementation of the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement (The Agreement),which entered into force on February 14, 2020.
This was started in February before we knew about the Coronavirus. It's telling that this is still going forward after what we know now about everything China did NOT do at the onset of the virus.