US Still Blocking Argentine Beef Imports, Says Argentina at WTO
The U.S. has not taken action to pave the way for Argentine beef (chilled or frozen) exports to the U.S. market despite a July Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service move to lift the ban, the Argentine delegation to the…
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World Trade Organization told American officials during a Dispute Settlement Body meeting on Oct. 28. The U.S. previously put that ban in place over foot-and-mouth disease concerns, but WTO judges have sided with Argentina in the dispute, saying the ban doesn’t meet sanitary and phytosanitary standards (see 1507300070). The Argentine statements took the U.S. off guard, said the WTO in a release (here). “The U.S. was of the view that it had addressed the matters raised in this dispute,” the release said. APHIS didn't comment.