Talks between Brazilian and U.S. agriculture officials will take place July 13 in Washington on how to resume beef exports to the U.S., an official from Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry told Bloomberg BNA.Following those initial discussions, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue will meet in Washington by the end of July — perhaps as soon as July 20 — to further discuss lifting the suspension USDA slapped on Brazilian beef imports in June, Luis Rangel, the Brazil's Secretary of Animal and Plant Health and Inspections, said."I believe that these bilateral meetings, along with ministerial changes in slaughterhouse meat cutting procedures and also in the ministry’s command and control over meat plant operations will improve product quality and allow Brazil to resume exporting fresh beef to the U.S. as soon as possible, perhaps within 45 days," Rangel told Bloomberg BNA.The U.S. on June 16 suspended all imports of fresh beef from Brazil because of “recurring concerns about the safety of the products.” The suspension was triggered by abscesses found by U.S. inspectors. The abscesses were a reaction to front-end-region vaccinations against foot-and-mouth disease.The talks had originally been scheduled for the first week in July but was pushed back to July 13 because of the July 4 holiday.
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
US, Mexico Finalize Sugar Suspension Agreement
Signing of a final sugar deal between the U.S. and Mexico took place earlier this week as both sides approved final amendments to the agreement, according to July 3 announcement from the Commerce Department.The signed amendment to the Countervailing Duty Suspension Agreement on Sugar from Mexico updates the ratio of quantities of refined and other sugar that Mexico can export to the U.S. and the polarity content of the two types of sugar.Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Mexico’s Undersecretary of Foreign Trade Juan Carlos Baker Pineda signed the finalized agreement on sugar, following the announcement of a preliminary agreement June 6."All major stakeholders have endorsed this deal brokered by Secretary Ross and Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo. The amendments will ensure that the sugar suspension agreements continue to promote stability in the U.S. sugar market, in coordination with USDA’s sugar program," the announcement said.Brazilian, US Officials to Meet July 13 to Discuss Resuming Beef Exports
Talks between Brazilian and U.S. agriculture officials will take place July 13 in Washington on how to resume beef exports to the U.S., an official from Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry told Bloomberg BNA.Following those initial discussions, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue will meet in Washington by the end of July — perhaps as soon as July 20 — to further discuss lifting the suspension USDA slapped on Brazilian beef imports in June, Luis Rangel, the Brazil's Secretary of Animal and Plant Health and Inspections, said."I believe that these bilateral meetings, along with ministerial changes in slaughterhouse meat cutting procedures and also in the ministry’s command and control over meat plant operations will improve product quality and allow Brazil to resume exporting fresh beef to the U.S. as soon as possible, perhaps within 45 days," Rangel told Bloomberg BNA.The U.S. on June 16 suspended all imports of fresh beef from Brazil because of “recurring concerns about the safety of the products.” The suspension was triggered by abscesses found by U.S. inspectors. The abscesses were a reaction to front-end-region vaccinations against foot-and-mouth disease.The talks had originally been scheduled for the first week in July but was pushed back to July 13 because of the July 4 holiday.
Talks between Brazilian and U.S. agriculture officials will take place July 13 in Washington on how to resume beef exports to the U.S., an official from Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry told Bloomberg BNA.Following those initial discussions, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue will meet in Washington by the end of July — perhaps as soon as July 20 — to further discuss lifting the suspension USDA slapped on Brazilian beef imports in June, Luis Rangel, the Brazil's Secretary of Animal and Plant Health and Inspections, said."I believe that these bilateral meetings, along with ministerial changes in slaughterhouse meat cutting procedures and also in the ministry’s command and control over meat plant operations will improve product quality and allow Brazil to resume exporting fresh beef to the U.S. as soon as possible, perhaps within 45 days," Rangel told Bloomberg BNA.The U.S. on June 16 suspended all imports of fresh beef from Brazil because of “recurring concerns about the safety of the products.” The suspension was triggered by abscesses found by U.S. inspectors. The abscesses were a reaction to front-end-region vaccinations against foot-and-mouth disease.The talks had originally been scheduled for the first week in July but was pushed back to July 13 because of the July 4 holiday.