The Consortium for Common Food Nems, National Milk Producers Federation, and the U.S. Dairy Export Council hailed the passage into law of commitments by the Chilean Nation today regarding U.S. exports. The commitments safeguard the rights of U.S. cheese and meat exporters to use certain common names like “parmesan” and “prosciutto” to market and sell their products. The agreement first came together in June between U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Chile’s Undersecretary of International Economic Relations and confirmed a mutual understanding and agreement that U.S. exporters will be able to continue marketing their products in Chile using many common meat and cheese terms. Certain provisions under the EU-Chile trade agreement signed in 2023 enabled the unfair treatment of U.S. meat and dairy products by abusing geographic indication protectors. The Consortium applauds the initiative to negotiate the protection of parmesan and a number of other key products,” says Jaime (HY-may) Castaneda.