Hogan hopes SPS solutions can break EU-U.S. ag impasse

Resolving longstanding differences over agricultural non-tariff barriers could be the key to breaking the impasse between the United States and European Union over whether agriculture should be included in the scope of a potential free trade agreement, EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan said on Thursday. The EU is willing to explore reductions to sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, as well as regulatory cooperation, to boost trans-Atlantic agricultural trade without dealing with agricultural tariffs, Hogan told reporters during his first trip to...