(NAFB.com) – National Pork Producers Council President Duane Stateler reacted to the White House fact sheet on the latest U.S.-China trade relations. “In a win for U.S. agriculture and America’s pork producers, China has suspended its retaliatory tariffs set in March,” Stateler said. “We are very pleased to see the administration answer the widespread call of agriculture, including persistent requests from the National Pork Producers Council, to negotiate for tariff removal and allow business with China to return to a more market-driven norm unburdened by these costly taxes.” In March, China placed a 57 percent retaliatory tariff on U.S. pork exports. Tariffs will be reduced by ten percent. U.S. pork exports to China in the first seven months of the year were down 13 percent, largely due to these retaliatory tariffs. China will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. pork, chicken, wheat, corn, cotton, sorghum, soybeans, beef, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.