National Chicken Council adviser Kevin Brosch testified before the Senate Committee on Finance about the effectiveness of the enforcement of any new agreements and the trade agreements the United States already has on the books.
TPP is a proposed trade agreement currently under negotiation by Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
The National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation, USA Poultry & Egg Export Council and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association jointly expressed strong support for the new international trade initiative.
U.S. agricultural groups told the U.S. Trade Representative's Office that the country must fix mistakes made in the North American Free Trade Agreement by insisting in new trade talks with Canada on unrestricted access to its poultry and dairy market.
The groups favor the introduction of a Senate bill that will establish permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Russia by repealing the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment.
The U.S. has requested the World Trade Organization help settle a dispute over Indian restrictions on imports of American agricultural products including poultry meat and chicken eggs.
The United States on Tuesday began action at the World Trade Organization to open India's market for poultry meat and eggs, saying an Indian ban on U.S. imports intended to stop the spread of bird flu was not based on sound science.
Unless Canada quickly signs a free trade deal with South Korea, industry officials fear that Canada could risk losing all of its $300 million in annual pork exports to the country.
The U.S. Congress approved free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, bringing an end to years of stalemate and offering what supporters said was the biggest opportunity for exporters in decades.
