U.S. Lawmakers Ask for Biden’s Aid on Vietnamese Pork Tariffs
- 72 members of Congress send letter to Trade Representative Tai
- African swine fever has ravaged pork industry in Vietnam
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A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers is asking the Biden administration to seek the elimination of Vietnam’s tariffs on American pork and address other restrictions as it engages with the Southeast Asian country over currency and trade practices.
U.S. pork producers have failed to gain significant access to pork-loving Vietnam that has seen its domestic pig farms devastated by the African swine fever, increasing the demand for imported pork, according to a letter Wednesday to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai that was signed by 72 members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats,