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The U.S. had threatened to put tariffs on French wine, cheese and other products.

The five-time All-Star agreed to a $260 million, eight-year contract with the Rockies last February.

Chief among those complaints is the way the Chinese government subsidizes its companies.

The U.S. also is reducing some existing tariffs on Chinese goods.

This comes on the same day that Democrats announced their impeachment charges against the president.

The trade gap is still 1.3% wider so far this year than it was in January-October 2018, despite dropping in September and October.

Economists had expected the overall November index to rebound but remain below 50.

Domestic demand has slumped along with the energy sector as drillers pull back on purchases of steel pipe.

The September trade report showed that the U.S. ran the first surplus in petroleum in more than four decades, according to government records that go back to 1978.

Tariff hikes by both sides on billions of dollars of imports have battered factories and farmers, weighing on global economic growth.