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On August 17, 2021, the European Commission (EC) approved seven genetically engineered (GE) crops (3 corn, 2 soybean, 1 rapeseed, and 1 cotton) and renewed the authorizations for two corn and one rapeseed crop used for food and animal feed.

From August 19, 2021, Japan has expanded market access for U.S.-grown plums to imports of Japanese plums (Prunus salicina) from the United States, in addition to European plums (Prunus domestica) grown in the United States.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture temporarily extended the validity of SPS Import Clearances for meat and poultry from 60 to 90 days.

The U.S-China Economic and Trade Agreement (Phase One) granted market access for new U.S. horticultural products such as avocadoes, blueberries, and nectarines.

This report contains summaries of relevant decisions and documents from the Armenia-Belarus-Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Russia Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) meetings....

The Technical Regulation of the Russia-Kazakhstan-Belarus-Kyrgyzstan-Armenia Customs Union (CU) “On Safety of Fish and Fish Products” (TR TS 040/2016) is a key CU regulation covering standards....

This report contains summaries of additional relevant decisions and documents, that came to our attention, from the Armenia-Belarus-Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Russia Eurasian Economic Union....

The Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), on August 15, 2017, an announcement containing an extraordinary non-refined sugar quota....

On August 8, 2017, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) sent an official letter to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) informing the phytosanitary requirements....

On July 24, 2017, Thailand and New Zealand reached an agreement to increase market access for New Zealand dairy exports to Thailand.

On August 1, 2017, the Japanese Ministry of Finance (MOF) raised the duty for U.S. frozen beef from 38.5 percent to 50 percent under Japan’s special safeguard (SSG) for frozen beef.

The Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a regulation that will require dairy businesses to buy local milk and/or invest in local on-farm dairy production activities.