Another thought just hit me.
Isn’t it interesting that the chinese would arrange government-to-government talks about product quality? Clearly they lack a basic understanding of the free market. It matters little what quality assurances they provide to stave off punitive tariffs. The lack of consumer demand for their goods will settle the matter. Commies are unaccustomed to the idea of choice.
They are under the impression that they can put one over on the consumer as they do on a daily basis in China. With the number of independent labs in this country looking for a major kill, the consumer tends to be far better educated than in the rest of the world and their market can disapper with one bad news story.
One bad news story. Think of it. No more food exports to the US with just one bad story. That is scary, but US food processors have dealt with this issue for many, many years. Food in the US is tightly controlled, human hands rarely touch it. Food is tested constantly for contaminants, extremely sensitive sensors look for steel filings at the end of the processing and a whole host of measures are used to insure that food is healthy. They have little of that in China.
Most likely, you will seee American food consultants hired by Chinese firms to buck up their own testing and quality assurance programs, cause right now they don’t seem to have any. If they don’t, their market will disappear.