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BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU member countries on Friday (Oct 19) Gave Brussels the green light to start talks with Washington at the end of a long-running row over US beef imports and easing wider trade tensions.
The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, can now proceed with its proposal to give Washington a larger share of an existing import quota for hormone-free beef.
The members states "the author states the Commission to open negotiations with the United States on the importation of high quality beef," said they said in a statement.
It has been argued that the United States of America has a ban on hormone-treated meat.
"The ban remains," he added.
The member states have the responsibility to allocate the United States to the larger part of the existing hormone-free beef quota that is also available to exporters from other countries.
"TRQ (tariff rate quota) can not be used to negotiate a country-specific allocation of the overall quota," the statement added.
It said "negotiations with other supplying countries may be needed" to seal a deal with Washington that respects international trade agreements.
The row over hormone-treated beef dates back to 1988 when a common US practice.
In retaliation, and in line with a ruling, in 1999, Washington, 1999.
In the United States, the United States lifted the sanctions and the EU created an import quota for "high-quality" hormone-free foreign beef, including that from the United States.
But other producers such as Argentina, Australia and Uruguay get a large share of the quota, prompting President Barack Obama's administration to threaten a renewal of the penalties penalties.
Obama's successor Donald Trump has raised the specter of a trade war with the EU since imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum this year.
In July, Trump and European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
But the trade truce came under pressure on Wednesday when the US official slammed Brussels for stalling trade talks.
The member states said the talks are not related to the broader dialogue but said "a mutually beneficial solution to our longstanding dispute over beef would be a major step forward in improving our trade cooperation."
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