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Senators say keep trade fair
Published Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 05:10 AM
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley have expressed their strong concern about Taiwan’s efforts to block perfectly safe imports of American farm products, particularly beef and pork. In a letter to Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, Baucus and Grassley reminded the Taiwanese government of the safety of these products, and said that continued blocking of beef and pork imports by Taiwan may constitute a violation of World Trade Organization agreements.

Baucus says, - Taiwan wanted to join the WTO, and now they need to abide by WTO rules. He pointed out that, - Taiwan cannot be allowed to close its doors to American farm products on the basis of bogus safety concerns. Meanwhile, Grassley charged, - Taiwan is manipulating food safety requirements with non-scientific restrictions in order to keep safe U.S. ag products out of its market in a way that probably violates WTO rules.

In their letter, the Senators urged Taiwan to - immediately remove all barriers to American farm products, beginning with Taiwan’s non-scientific restrictions on U.S. beef and ractopamine-treated pork. They said, - Taiwan must treat U.S. products fairly.

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