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U.S. takes China to task on trade barriers
Story Date: 4/3/2013
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 4/2/13
Washington took to task China for continuing to maintain barriers to bilateral trade, including those restricting U.S. beef exports, in an annual trade report to Congress.
The National Trade Estimate report issued Monday by the U.S. Trade Representative’s office covers tiffs with many U.S. trading partners, but China get its most voluminous treatment as Washington gears up for trade deals in the Pacific and in Europe.
“China continues to maintain market access barriers to U.S. beef and beef product exports that are inconsistent with international standards of the World Animal Health Organization (OIE),” the report states. “Reopening China’s beef market consistent with science and international standards, as well as in a commercially viable manner, is an important priority.”
USTR delves into more detail on China’s treatment of not only beef but also pork and poultry in the 2013 Report on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
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