US-EU accord ends beef import rift

Article reports that the European Union and the US settled May 2009 a long-running dispute over hormone-treated beef in a deal both sides said demonstrated their determination to reduce bilateral friction amid plunging world trade.

BBC News, 6.5.09: EU and US reach deal in beef row http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8036202.stm

European Commission: Press Release: IP/09/707: EU and US reach provisional agreement in beef dispute http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/707&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: EU-US: EU requests WTO to confirm that there is no justification for US/Canada to continue to apply sanctions http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-us-eu-requests-wto-to-confirm-that-there-is-no-justification-for-us-canada-to-continue-to-apply-sanctions/

US: Office of the United States Trade Representative: Press Release, 6.5.09: United States and European Union Reach Provisional Agreement in Beef Dispute http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2009/may/united-states-and-european-union-reach-provisional-agr

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