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Acting Secretary Of Agriculture Addresses U.S. Red Meat Exports At USMEF Symposium

The future of U.S. red meat exports, international market access issues and the U.S. position in trade negotiations were discussed at the Global Outlook Symposium, presented by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Monday (Oct. 29) at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner said the United States remains committed to gaining greater access for U.S. beef and pork internationally. He said although the progress has been slower than anyone would like, he commended USMEF members for finding ways to grow U.S. red meat sales worldwide.

“We are on track for another record year for total U.S. agricultural exports, expecting them to come in at about $79 billion and exports of beef, pork and lamb are on track to account for about $5.2 billion of that amount,” Conner said. “These exports are an important part of our economic and national economies, contributing heavily to provide jobs for Americans.”

Conner stressed the United States is pushing its trading partners to allow U.S. red meat access based on scientific standards. He said the United States is committed to live by those rules and it is only fair that other nations do the same.

“We must continue to demand that our trading partners base sanitary and phytosanitary standards on sound science,” Conner said. “This gives all the nations in the world an objective measure on which food products are safe, it takes politics out of the decisions that should be made on consistent, transparent and scientific grounds.”

To read more about the Global Outlook Symposium, see the USMEF news release.

USMEF News

Acting Secretary Of Agriculture Addresses U.S. Red Meat Exports At USMEF Symposium

The future of U.S. red meat exports, international market access issues and the U.S. position in trade negotiations were discussed at the Global Outlook Symposium, presented by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Monday (Oct. 29) at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner said the United States remains committed to gaining greater access for U.S. beef and pork internationally. He said although the progress has been slower than anyone would like, he commended USMEF members for finding ways to grow U.S. red meat sales worldwide.

“We are on track for another record year for total U.S. agricultural exports, expecting them to come in at about $79 billion and exports of beef, pork and lamb are on track to account for about $5.2 billion of that amount,” Conner said. “These exports are an important part of our economic and national economies, contributing heavily to provide jobs for Americans.”

Conner stressed the United States is pushing its trading partners to allow U.S. red meat access based on scientific standards. He said the United States is committed to live by those rules and it is only fair that other nations do the same.

“We must continue to demand that our trading partners base sanitary and phytosanitary standards on sound science,” Conner said. “This gives all the nations in the world an objective measure on which food products are safe, it takes politics out of the decisions that should be made on consistent, transparent and scientific grounds.”

To read more about the Global Outlook Symposium, see the USMEF news release.