b'12American Journal of Transportation ajot.comtariffs of about 6.3% to 6.4%otherspheresiswelldocu-onthewines.ThedutiesmentedandChinadoesnt have all but wiped out Aus- appeartobeinarushto tralias wine export businessresolve these matters before to China. There are a host oftheWTOthedemonstra-otherAustraliancommodi- tion shows that while it may ties that have been subjectedbe hard for Beijing to open (BOOMINGcontinuedimposed anti-dumping dutiesInNovemberof2020,totariffs,quotasandinfor- thetapsforimportflows, from page 11) of80.5%against AustralianChinascommerceminis- mal barriers as the relationsclosing them is exceedingly wouldimport$33.4billionbarleyeffectivelyendingtry announced the results ofcontinue to sour between theeasy. Whether this acts as a inU.S.agriculturalproductsAustralianexportsofbarleyanotherdumpingprobetwo nations. warningtoWashingtonon to fully meet the terms of theto China. Beijings claim wasandslappeddutiesoffromWhilefewbelieveChi- just how fragile a deal is in agreement.Orabouta60%that Australiadumpedthe107%to212%onAustra- nasallegationscarryanyplace or serves as incentive increase in dollar terms overbarleywhichhurtChinaslian wines and followed it upmeritthe tensions betweentobroadenthetradehori-the2017agexportbaseline.domestic Barley producers.with an additional temporaryBeijingandCanberrainzons, is an open question. Furthertheagreementstated that over the course of 2020 and 2021, total exports of U.S. agricultural products to China would increase by $73 billion.Asexpectedbymany prognosticators, China didnt meetthegoaloftheagree-ment in 2020.USDAdatafor2020, statedthatU.S.agexports toChinaascoveredunder the agreement approximately totaled $27.2 billion in 2020 orabout$6.5billionover exports in the 2017 baseline year.Thiswaswellshort around$6.2billionfrom the agreements target. On the other hand, it was averygoodyearforfarm exportstoChina.Agcom-moditieslikeporkat$2.1 billion,poultryat$761mil-lion, nuts at $705 million set recordswhilecorn$1.2bil-lion and wheat at $570 million postedmuchbetterresults than in 2017.But as 2021 reaches the nearhalfwaypoint,while Chinaremainsthelargest U.S.agriculturalimporterit will probably again fall short of the import goals laid out in the agreement. The USDA raised its fore-castfortotal(thisincludes moreproductsthanunder theagreement)agexportsto China by $4.5 billion from the November2020forecastto $31.5 billion. Thisposesaquandary fortheBidenAdministra-tion, which inherited the deal. Should they push more aggres-sivelyforChinatofulfillthe obligations of the agreement or adopt a more lenient approach giventhequalifiedsuccess of the deal? After all, Chinas opened the tap to U.S. imports, albeit not exactly on the level agreed upon. Theproblemisthatin termsoftradeespecially theChinatradenothing happensinavacuum.Just ask Australia.InMayof2020,China'