SPS Minus Minus U.S. agriculture groups responded to a U.S. request for comments on what should be the objectives in negotiating a transatlantic trade agreement, and their focus was on the usual suspect – sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) barriers. Europe’s current technical barriers are expected to become worse as Brussels gets ever more prescriptive and non-science based. For example, the EU’s adoption of hazard as a standard for assessing the safety of pesticides and not just risk (possible versus actual danger) threatens an already declining sale of U.S. foods in Europe. The American farm groups recommend European adoption of the SPS++ provisions in the new North American trade agreement (USMCA). At this juncture, the...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.