China announced a second round of American products that could be subject to retaliatory tariffs between 10 to 25 percent. The proposed list would target $60 billion worth of additional United States products, including many food products. China has not yet identified the effective date in the event it implements these tariffs.
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A Primer on Dairy Exports to China
By Joe Levitt & Xin Tao on
U.S. exporters of dairy products to China are subject to importing country listing requirements for manufacturers or processors as a precondition of market access. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA), formally establishing a…
China’s CFDA Proposes Significant New Food Safety Implementing Rules under Its 2015 Food Safety Law
By Martin Hahn & Xin Tao on
We recently learned that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in coordination with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), intends to submit comments on the draft rules implementing changes to the Chinese food safety laws. Any companies that are interested in submitting comments have until Feb 19, 2016 (Friday) to share comments with…