ISAKSON, COONS CALL ON SOUTH AFRICA TO FULFILL OBLIGATIONS TO RESUME IMPORT OF U.S. POULTRY
Urge South African president to resolve remaining issues to allow U.S. poultry industry to again participate in South African market
Monday, September 14, 2015
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Chris Coons, D-Del., Friday urged South African President Jacob Zuma to act expeditiously to resolve remaining elements of the U.S.-South Africa agreement reached in Paris earlier this year and allow U.S. poultry exports to South Africa to resume.
A settlement was reached in the longstanding poultry dispute between the United States and South Africa on June 8, 2015, during negotiations in Paris led by the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Department of State, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard and trade experts from industry. The agreement was welcome news for the entire U.S. poultry industry, including the large poultry operations in both senators’ home states – Georgia and Delaware.
In a letter to the South African president, Isakson and Coons point to a number of unresolved issues that are hindering the successful implementation of the Paris agreement.