AGRICULTURE NEWS - As the EU and the US recently resumed trade talks, the EU’s chief trade negotiator Phil Hogan said the region wanted to explore possibilities that would enable each side to reduce administrative obstacles to agricultural trade.
According to Hogan, the EU had a longstanding grievance about the fact that only a handful of member states were able to export beef to the US, due to historical concerns about the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease.
In addition, authorities in both the EU and US had expressed frustration about the other side’s reluctance to grant regulatory permission for trade in shellfish, while eight EU countries were waiting for US authorities to allow imports of apples and pears.
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