Number: RS20142
Title: THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BAN ON HORMONE-TREATED MEAT
Authors: Charles E. Hanrahan, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: The European Union (EU) continues to ban imports of meat derived from animals treated with growth hormones despite rulings by the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panels that the ban is inconsistent with the Uruguay Round Agreement on Health and safety measures used to restrict imports. U.S. retaliation in the form of 100-percent duties on $116 million of EU agricultural products remains in effect while negotiations to resolve the dispute continue.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated December 19, 2000