Back from Asia, Daines talks trade, North Korea

Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines said in a telephone press conference Monday that he is confident a longtime Chinese ban on U.S beef imports will be lifted within a few months.

Daines said he raised the issue of ending the 14-year-old ban on U.S beef products with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and National People's Congress Chairman Zhang Dejiang during a congressional delegation visit to Beijing he led last week.

The visit came a week after President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping April 7 at his Mar-a-Largo estate in Florida, where the issue was included in a 100 day plan o...