High-level U.S. and Chinese agricultural trade officials are prominent in trade talks this week as Gregg Doud, the top ag negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative, and Han Jun, China’s vice minister of agriculture and rural affairs, met together with others at USTR’s Washington headquarters Thursday. If all goes well with the talks this week, USTR Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are expected to sit down with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and others in early October. Talks this week will continue through Friday. (Agri-Pulse)