date:Jun 05, 2012
eputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan. In the months ahead, USDA will continue to work hard to expand opportunities for all US products, including organics.
Equivalency arrangements such as this are critical to growing the US organics industry they require careful negotiation to ensure that we maintain existing US trade policies while ensuring that US agricultural products will compete on a level playing field in world markets, she added.
The US signed a similar partnership with Canada in July 20