A Historical Perspective on the U.S.-EU Canned Fruit Agreement

摘要

The 1985 CFA was the result of a threatened Section 301 action and a favorable GATT panel report that determined it was illegal for EU canners to be subsidized: "aids granted to EU processors nullify and impair tariff concessions granted by the EU oncanned fruit products." The USTR threatened Section 301 retaliation unless the U.S. and EU resolved differences by December 1, 1985. On November 29, 1985 the EU/U.S. CFA was signed by EU Commissioner Willy DeClerq and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Clayton Yeutter. The EU agreed to specific reductions in processing aids to peaches for the 1986 pack and in subsequent years to set processing aid to peaches..."in such a way as not to subsidize the processing operation for peaches in syrup either canned as such or as part of fruit mixture."