據(jù)報道，農(nóng)業(yè)部長維爾薩克（Tom Vilsack）表示，美國牛肉是世界優(yōu)質(zhì)牛肉之一，然而由于歐盟的貿(mào)易壁壘政策，歐盟消費者無法吃到價格優(yōu)惠的美國牛肉。

 

    聲明稱，世界貿(mào)易組織（WTO）1998年裁定，歐盟并非根據(jù)科學證據(jù)禁止美牛進口，違反WTO規(guī)定。美國可能會對部分歐盟商品征收關(guān)稅。

 

    部分原文報道如下：

 

    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.

 

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