Duty-Free U.S. Beef Export MOU Extended With EU
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Punke signed on Oct. 21 a two-year extension of an agreement with the European Union (EU) that provides U.S. beef producers with duty-free market access to the EU market for high-quality beef produced from…
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non-hormone-treated cattle, the USTR said (here). U.S. producers will now be able to export such quality beef duty-free to the EU until Aug. 2, 2015 at a quantity of 45,000 metric tons per year. Lithuanian Ambassador to the UN Albinas Zananavicius and EU Ambassador to the WTO Angelos Pangratis joined Ambassador Punke during the signing on the agreement. USTR Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans to extend the agreement in August (here).