International Law

Update on the US-China Chicken War

By Stan

I first wrote about the US ban on China chicken exports back on March 12. That post had a fair amount of detail, so I’ll just link to it here and not rehash the history, which is kind of weird.

I updated the story, including details on China’s WTO complaint and the US Food Safety Law, on August 1.

OK, so here’s the latest. Last week, the U.S. government (specifically language in an agriculture bill) came out with a compromise position that would allow imports of Chinese chicken, essentially lifting the US ban.
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