U.S. Department of Agriculture
Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS).
Wide range of information and data on U.S. agricultural trade and
the agriculture and agricultural policy of the EU and other foreign
countries
FAS, U.S. Mission
to the European Union, Brussels.
Information on U.S.-EU agricultural policy and bilateral trade
issues, EU food import rules, animal product import rules, fruit
and vegetable
standards, and import duties and quotas
FAS,
U.S. Export/Import Statistics for Bulk, Intermediate, and Consumer
Oriented (BICO) Foods and Beverages. The "BICO" report
provides U.S. agricultural export and import data on bulk commodities,
high-value intermediate, and consumer-oriented foods and beverages
USDA
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). Each
month USDA forecasts supply and demand for major farm commodities
for the United States and for the world. The WASDE report is available
electronically within one hour of release
National Agricultural
Library, Links to Agriculture Departments in Other Nations.
Links to the sites of agriculture departments of most EU countries:
Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
U.S. Government
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).
The agency responsible for developing and implementing trade policies
to promote world growth, support environmental protection, and advance
core labor standards
U.S. International Trade Commission
(ITC). Reports and publications of agency that provides objective
trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of
government, determines impact of imports on U.S. industries, and
directs actions against certain unfair trade practices
Central Intelligence Agency, World
Factbook. Information on the geography, people, government,
economy, and transnational issues of member countries
of the European Union
International Organizations
Europa. The official site
of the European Union
European
Commission, Agriculture. The administrative and regulatory body
of the European Union responsible for agricultural policy, agricultural
markets, agricultural statistics, and international agricultural
trade relations
European Union Delegation in
the United States. News and information on the EU of particular
interest to the United States
Official
Journal of the European Union. Published every working day
in all 20 official languages of the European Union (EU), the
journal consists of two related series (L for legislation and
C for information
and notices) and a supplement (S for public procurement)
World Trade Organization (WTO).
Information on the only global international organization dealing
with rules of trade between nations, and access to official WTO
documents
Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), Statistics Directorate.
Data on economic indicators, labor force, agriculture,
national accounts, and international trade for its members,
including the EU
Information on Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)
Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Further information
on FMD including detailed information on USDA import restrictions
to guard against the disease
U.K.
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
A wide range of information from the U.K. (United Kingdom) government
about
how FMD
has affected the country
Food Safety: from
the Farm to the Fork. Information from the European Commission on
food safety issues, including FMD and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(BSE), a.k.a. mad-cow disease
The
European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
(EUFMD).
A Commission under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO), fostering cooperation between member
countries to coordinate efforts to prevent and control FMD
Office
International des Epizooties. Clinical information about FMD
from the World Organization for Animal Health
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