欧盟禁止进口美国荷尔蒙牛肉 恐引发贸易战

 

    据报道，农业部长维尔萨克（Tom Vilsack）表示，美国牛肉是世界优质牛肉之一，然而由于欧盟的贸易壁垒政策，欧盟消费者无法吃到价格优惠的美国牛肉。

 

    声明称，世界贸易组织（WTO）1998年裁定，欧盟并非根据科学证据禁止美牛进口，违反WTO规定。美国可能会对部分欧盟商品征收关税。

 

    部分原文报道如下：

 

    The United States said Thursday （22 December） it was relaunching a trade fight against a European unio ban on imports of hormone-treated American beef, raising the possibility of imposing tariffs on European goods.

 

    The US decision, which reignites a long-standing disagreement, was taken following the failure of talks to adopt a transatlantic trade pact this year.

 

    “American ranchers raise some of the best beef on the planet but restrictive European unio policies continue to deny EU consumers access to US beef at affordable prices,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statementfrom the office of the US Trade Representative.

 

    The World Trade Organization in 1998 ruled that an EU ban on imports of US beef violated WTO obligations and was not based on scientific evidence, according to the statement.

 

    原文链接：https://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/us-renews-fight-against-eu-ban-on-hormone-treated-beef/