Us food industry expects China's GM regulations to be clear

Lead: U.S agricultural industry officials complained Thursday that China's June 6 Regulation on the safety of agricultural genetically modified organisms has hindered the normal order of bilateral trade, especially soybean trade The detailed implementation rules of the regulations, including how to register and label genetically modified organisms and their products, have not yet been issued According to the U.S Department of agriculture, 68% of U.S soybeans are genetically modified At a US China Security Inspection Commission hearing on Thursday, set up by Congress last year, U.S agricultural industry officials highlighted the importance of expanding China's wheat, soybean, meat and other commodity markets Robin Johnson, vice president of Cargill, told jurors that China has been a good trading partner of the United States for more than 30 years and has made great progress in developing agricultural trade relations But since China suddenly announced restrictions on genetically modified organisms, progress has suffered setbacks and normal trade order has been disrupted When the situation becomes clear, U.S suppliers engaged in normal trade will be denied $350 million worth of soybeans a month by China Dwain Ford, vice president of the American Soybean Association, agreed with Robin Johnson In recent years, China's import of soybeans to the United States has shown a straight-line upward trend This year, the export target of soybeans in the United States is 1.28 billion US dollars, compared with 472 million US dollars in 1999 The U.S also wants China to import a lot of soybean meal, because the demand for vegetable oil and protein is growing in China's 1.2 billion population The focus of Thursday's hearing was on agriculture, steel, aerospace, automobile, high-tech business, etc involved in the trade between the two countries (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: