Spotlight: U.S. cotton industry yearns for normal trade relations with China

A cotton boll is pictured at cotton farmer Joe Boddiford's farm in Sylvania, Georgia, the United States, on Aug. 1, 2019. Cotton farmer Joe Boddiford said prices for his crop recently "have best been flat and poor." He said cotton future prices in his area are around 62 to 63 cents per pound right now, compared with the pre-trade tensions level of 80-90 cents a pound. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)