This presentation will explore: 1) The main trade challenges and opportunities for specialty and row crops from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. This will include an update on recent trade policy issues and trends, as well as a forward-looking analysis of what trade flows and priorities will be over the next few years. 2) A description of the recent work taking place in APEC on MRL harmonization, including a detailed description of the October U.S.-led workshop on MRL trade barriers and the forthcoming study commissioned by FAS to evaluate these barriers empirically. The presentation will also connect the recent efforts in APEC to ongoing FAS-led capacity-building projects, largely conducted through IR4, in many developing APEC economies to establish MRLs by conducting field trails and building human capital.presentation will cover two main topics: An overview of the main trade challenges and opportunities for specialty and row crops from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. This will include an update on recent trade policy issues and trends, as well as a forward-looking analysis of what trade flows and priorities will be over the next few years.

Global outlook on MRL harmonization: U.S. trade and international capacity building

256th National Meeting (2018)

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