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Is the U.S. Pulling Back on Its Hormone-Treated Beef Demands?

In my recent post about the U.S.-UK trade deal, I noted the discussion of hormone-treated beef at the White House press conference, including a response by U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer to a reporter's question. I did not take his answer, or the General Terms

Where Did "Scientific Basis" Come From in Trade Rules?

At a Congressional hearing recently to confirm Alexis Taylor as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Taylor offered the following comments on "science-based" regulation as an international trade law principle: I think from the question of new trade deals, what I'm very

Food Regulation, Science, Protectionism, and Regulatory Autonomy/Sovereignty

I feel like the role of science in trade agreements doesn't get enough attention, and I'm always excited to see someone trying to raise the profile of this issue. Here is a question from Congressman Earl Blumenauer at last week's House Ways and Means

New Proposal to Strengthen WTO Notification Requirements: From Dispute Settlement to Compliance Regime?

In a period where “trade wars” and the Appellate Body (AB) deadlock are getting most of the airtime, an April 1 proposal by nine WTO Members, including the EU and the US, but also Argentina and Costa Rica, to “strengthen notification requirements under WTO agreements” is both refreshing and intriguing

How Do You Like Your Chicken: With or Without Chemicals?

Roughly speaking, that's the issue in the EC - Measures Affecting Poultry Meat WTO dispute (DS389), for which the U.S. recently announced it will request a panel. The panel request describes the issue as follows: The EC prohibits the import of poultry treated with any substance other