WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana on Tuesday sent a letter to China’s Ambassador to the United States to ask the Chinese government to prioritize the approval of eight biotech traits that have been pending in the Chinese regulatory system for years.
The letter comes after the good faith efforts made by U.S. biotechnology companies to address questions and concerns about their products were met with continued delays by the Chinese government. Several of the traits in question were first submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture for approval in 2011. No approvals were granted in 2015.
“We are troubled by the fact that the Chinese regulatory system continues to be cumbersome and unpredictable,” Grassley and Donnelly wrote. “Some companies with pending traits were asked for data that had been previously supplied. We ask that the Chinese government and the Ministry of Agriculture prioritize the final decisions for these eight traits.”
Both Grassley and Donnelly pressed for more Chinese action to show their commitment to improving U.S.-China economic relations through agricultural trade.
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