U.S. OKs Brazilian Beef On Eve Of Summit; Other Trade Outcomes Seen As Unlikely
Ahead of a visit by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to Washington this week, the Obama administration took the first step toward reopening the U.S. market to imports of fresh beef from Brazil, in a move that the U.S. beef industry and food-safety advocates blasted as aimed at scoring political points ahead of the presidential summit. The final rule, released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on June 29 but not yet officially published in the Federal Register , allows...