The head of the US Meat Export Federation says the recent finding of African swine fever in the Dominican Republic emphasizes the importance of reaching regionalization protocols with key trading partners.
Dan Halstrom says the agreements are designed to prevent long-term significant disruptions to global trade. “You have something that impacts the country as a whole (like a foreign animal disease), but then it’s up to us to show that protocols are in a place where the country as a whole is not necessarily impacted by it,” he says.
