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On February 18, 2020, China announced a new round of tariff exclusions for U.S. agricultural commodities impacted by the retaliatory Section 301-tariffs levied by China.

On February 6, 2020, the State Council Tariff Commission announced that China would cut in half the additional tariffs for certain commodities from the United States on February 14, 2020.

This report updates the 2018 Agricultural Biotechnology Annual Report.

Over the last decade, India’s political environment continues to thwart the development of agricultural biotechnology.

The Philippines continues to be a regional biotechnology leader.

On August 23, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced new tariffs on certain U.S. products, valued at $75 billion USD.

On May 13, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that supplementary import tariffs levied on certain U.S. products....

In January 2019, China approved five new genetically engineered traits and renewed the bio-safety certificates for 26 traits previously approved.

India’s political environment continues to hinder the development of agricultural biotechnology regulatory system.

On April 4, 2018, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) separately announced a proposal to levy retaliatory tariffs of 25 percent....

On January 5, 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture issued decree No. 35/2018, renewing U.S. Fresh Foods of Plant Origin (FFPO) recognition for an additional three years.

There have not been any significant developments since last year’s 2016 report....