US bioterror rules: Fair precaution or unfair trade barrier?
By: Chris Lyddon | 4 August 2004
The US is tightening up rules to thwart bioterrorists. From this August all companies exporting food to the United States will have to give prior notice of shipments. All the facilities from which the food comes have to be registered. After 9/11 the American public wants protection, but some fear trade flows will be disrupted. Chris Lyddon reports.
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The US is tightening up rules to thwart bioterrorists. From this August all companies exporting food to the United States will have to give prior notice of shipments. All the facilities from which the food comes have to be registered. After 9/11 the American public wants protection, but some fear trade flows will be disrupted. Chris Lyddon reports.
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