US report has concerns about Taiwan's agriculture rules

Published 2021년 3월 3일

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The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has expressed concerns over Taiwan's agricultural policies, perising their removal. The USTR's priorities include removing barriers to US pork and beef, addressing rice procurement systems, regulatory processes for pesticide maximum residue limits, and market access for US agricultural biotechnology products. Despite Taiwan's recent steps to address these concerns by lifting bans on US pork and beef, the USTR's 2021 Trade Policy Agenda and 2020 Annual Report do not acknowledge these actions. The US and Taiwan have also engaged in discussions regarding intellectual property, pricing transparency in pharmaceuticals, investment climate improvement, and technical regulation burdens.

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The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has expressed “serious concerns” about Taiwan’s agricultural policies that “are not based on science,” and said that removing barriers to US pork and beef products was high on its agenda. “Priorities for the United States included removing Taiwan’s various barriers to market access for US pork and beef products,” the USTR said in its 2021 Trade Policy Agenda and 2020 Annual Report, which was released on Monday. The report highlighted “Taiwan’s rice procurement systems, the regulatory process for setting pesticide maximum residue limits and market access barriers facing US agricultural biotechnology products” as other priorities. There was no acknowledgement that Taiwan late last year took steps toward addressing its concerns over US pork and beef. Taipei on Jan. 1 lifted a ban on ractopamine, a leanness-enhancing feed additive, in imported pork, replacing it with maximum residue level (MRL) standards based on those set by the Codex ...

Source: Taipeitimes