U.S. commodity groups call for addressing EU biotech issues in TTIP talks
The U.S. Grains Council and USA Rice are calling on U.S. negotiators to address within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership the European Union's “asynchronous approval process” of biotechnology traits as well as the EU's low-level presence policy. “It is imperative that these regulatory challenges are addressed as an integral part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations,” the U.S. Grains Council said in its comments for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's 2017 National Trade Estimate on...