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The Australian Minister for Agriculture has announced the establishment of a new “Biosecurity Futures” group to provide advice directly to the government on issues of relevance to the Australian....

On November 6, 2019, China and the European Union (EU) concluded formal negotiations on an EU-China geographical indications (GI) agreement, which will protect 100 Chinese GIs....

On October 10, 2019, Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of proposed amendments to Japan’s Food Sanitation Act regarding raw materials for utensils, containers and packaging....

On October 17, 2019, Japan announced plans to strengthen enforcement of phytosanitary certificate requirement (PCR) for agricultural imports and to revise the PCR exemption list for imports....

On October 3, 2019, Japan notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of draft amendments to Japan’s Plant Protection Act regarding phytosanitary certificate requirements.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will introduce a new excise tax targeting sweetened drinks beginning December 2019.

Update on latest moves by the relevant government agencies and affected stakeholders after the National Hazardous Substance Committee (NHSC) determined to ban three active ingredients....

Australia is a prosperous and industrialized nation with a stable economy.

FAS Guatemala has learned that the Ministry of Economy (MINECO) will eliminate select tariff lines currently being used to import U.S. poultry leg quarters duty free outside of the CAFTA-DR...

The implementation of the CAFTA-DR agreement and favorable market conditions have resulted in more franchises and supermarkets.

China is the world’s largest importer of genetically engineered (GE) crops and one of the largest producers of GE cotton in the world, but it has not yet approved any major GE food crops...

A new presidential decree has raised import tariffs for 364 tariff lines, of which 53 lines pertain to food and agricultural products.