00:00The United States is launching an investigation into China's compliance with the 2020 trade
00:05agreement, calling Beijing's promise to hold up its end of the deal a, quote, apparent failure.
00:11The U.S. Trade Representative's office announced the move just one day before U.S. and Chinese
00:17officials are set to meet for a new round of trade talks in Malaysia. In 2020, U.S. President
00:23Donald Trump signed a phase one deal with China to end his first-term trade war with the country.
00:28The agreement committed China to increasing its purchases of American goods and services by
00:34200 billion U.S. dollars annually for at least two years. The U.S. says China never met the
00:40targets. Beijing blames the COVID-19 pandemic for hampering the plan.
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