P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

May 29, 2012

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USTR Seeks to Eliminate India’s Restrictions on Ag Exports

 

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk announced that the United States has requested that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a dispute settlement panel to decide U.S. claims regarding India’s restrictions of various U.S. agricultural products, including poultry meat and chicken eggs. 

India says it is trying to prevent entry of avian influenza.  The USTR says India’s measures are inconsistent with the relevant science, international guidelines and the standards India has set for its domestic industry. 

Ambassador Kirk said, “It is essential that U.S. farmers obtain the reliable market access that India agreed to.  The United States holds its agriculture industry to the highest standards of safety and is confident the WTO will agree that there is no justification for India’s restrictions on U.S. exports.”  

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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