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"The Commission is currently still engaged in negotiations with the United States, and we are very optimistic that a mutually acceptable solution can emerge very soon. In the last few weeks we had intensive transatlantic contacts on this issue. The EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk agreed on 22 April to hold further talks in order to find a negotiated solution to the long-running dispute over hormone-treated beef.
They confirmed their wish to resolve this difficult issue that affects businesses and consumers in both the EU and the US and, in order to facilitate the negotiations for a solution, Commissioner Ashton and US Trade Representative Kirk agreed that the imposition of the so-called ‘Carousel’ sanctions by the US on certain EU products would be postponed by a further two weeks beyond the original 23 April deadline.
The Commission is committed to doing its best to find a positive and lasting solution to this issue, and talks are currently being held by senior officials from both sides. The Commission’s final objectives in these negotiations are to definitively prevent activation of the ‘Carousel’ sanctions and to have the retaliatory measures currently in place revoked. We are confident that an agreement is within reach that would fully safeguard our public health and consumer protection objectives in this issue."@en1
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