EU says US beef ban will be lifted
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Last Update: 2001-08-16
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Lead: according to Pascal Lamy, EU trade commissioner, the EU may lift the ban on us hormone fed cattle early next year Lamy said the EU would abide by the WTO ruling against the ban European Union and U.S trade officials are drafting an agreement to allow the U.S to increase beef exports to the European Union if the meat does not contain hormones The European Union banned hormone fed beef from the United States 12 years ago, saying it could be dangerous to human health The move prompted the US government to impose $117 million worth of trade sanctions on European goods since July 1999 The United States regulates hormone free beef exports to Europe through a quota system, worth between $5 million and $6 million a year Hormone free beef accounts for only a small proportion of all U.S beef exports Lamy insists the EU is unlikely to compensate farmers for us trade sanctions, which include Roquefort cheese, Danish pork, Italian juice and other products (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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