ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The American Soybean Association (ASA) says reduction of European Union trade barriers such as biotech labeling requirements and renewable energy standards should be addressed as the U.S. and the EU explore ways to enhance U.S.-EU trade, including a potential free trade agreement (FTA).
As soybeans represent the nation's largest agricultural export, valued at more than $26 billion last year, soybean farmers have a vested interest in seeing barriers to transatlantic trade reduced, the ASA said in providing its views to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).
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