Russia's ban on U.S. poultry has put the United States in a difficult position

Lead: Reuters March 5 - despite several high-level meetings between the United States and Russia, Russia did not provide much information about the ban on American chicken and turkey meat, U.S government officials said on Tuesday David hegwood, special trade representative of the US Department of agriculture, said that Russia replaced communication and consultation with high-pressure policies Hegwood said that the U.S government will try its best to understand the reasons for banning the import of U.S poultry from Russia and the prohibited varieties At the same time, the U.S government hopes that Russia's ban will not be enforced On Friday, the Russian Ministry of agriculture revealed that from a security point of view, Russia will suspend the import of American poultry from March 10, and stop issuing the import license of American poultry from March 1 The Russian government has revealed that American poultry exporters imported American poultry into Russia without the import license from the Russian veterinary department These products were either incorrectly packed or the United States did not provide a safety certificate In response, hegwood said that the United States is fully in accordance with the bilateral agreement with Russia, and Russia has not provided the United States with relevant proof of the above issues Russia is the largest importer of poultry meat in the United States, accounting for half of the export volume of poultry meat in the United States Russia imports 1.36 million tons of poultry meat in the whole year, of which about 1 million tons are imported from the United States A delegation of representatives from the U.S Department of agriculture, the U.S Food and Drug Administration and the U.S trade will arrive in Moscow in recent days to consult with the Russian government Ann Veneman, US Secretary of agriculture, and Robert Zoellick, US trade representative, also met with Russian officials on the matter.