date:Dec 23, 2013
riers to U.S. trade.
USDA has assisted in Administration efforts to challenge more than 750 sanitary and phytosanitary trade barriers since 2009. These challenges in World Trade Organization monitoring and enforcement meetings have helped to ensure a level playing field for U.S. producers. This compares to less than 400 such challenges in the previous five-year period.
In 2013 alone, these efforts expanded market access for U.S. beef to nations around the world, including Mexico, Japan, Hong K