These standards will make it extremely difficult for Vietnamese tra fish farmers to export products to the US. The US Department of Agricultural Food Safety Inspection Service launched an inspection of fish producing countries, including basa, and tra fish in Vietnam, despite opposition from several US senators and Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam.
Vietnam said the US had violated key provisions of its WTO Commitments. All of ASEAN’s member countries have sent letters to the US government to officially protest against the implementation of the intrusive inspections./.
