At S&ED, U.S. Pledges Action On Chinese Chicken Imports, China Moves On E-Pay Regulations

At this week's Strategic & Economic Dialogue, the U.S. pledged to work toward opening its market to allow imports of cooked Chinese poultry, which would result in an expansion of China's right to ship poultry products from chicken originating in the U.S., Canada and Chile. Canada and Chile are countries whose food safety inspections systems the U.S. considers to provide equivalent protection to its own. “The United States commits to implementing the consensus reached at the previous S&ED and has...