US, EU Resume Trade in Shellfish
The European Union and the U.S. resumed trade of molluscan shellfish, which include mussels, clams, oysters and scallops, the European Commission said Feb. 4. Spain and the Netherlands can now ship molluscan shellfish to the U.S. while Massachusetts and Washington…
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state can export the same to the EU under legislation adopted by the EU reflecting this change, the commission said. Trade in live molluscan shellfish was disallowed in 2011 while the FDA and EC sorted through each side's regulatory differences. The deal "shows that our efforts to forge a positive, forward-looking trade agenda with the United States are paying off," EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said. "Since the EU-US summit in June 2021, we have made several breakthroughs: grounding the Airbus-Boeing dispute, launching the Trade and Technology Council and pausing our steel and aluminium trade dispute. All these achievements, plus this latest resumption of trade in bivalve molluscs, help to create sustainable economic growth and jobs for our workers."