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€Food: U.S. exports outpaced even before mad cow scare cut into beef sales.
FARM POLICY: Even before the bans on U.S. beef, prompted by the case of mad cow disease, Americans began importing more food than they export, raising a broad array of trade issues that will drive U.S. farm policy the next four years.
KEY MOMENT: For only the second time in history until then, the United States in 2002 imported more agricultural products than it exported. A $70 million deficit that year widened to $800 million in 2003, according to the Commerce Department.
OTHER ISSUES: A measure requiring foods in supermarkets be labeled with their countries of origin, new dietary guidelines and an updated food pyramid, a national system for tracking livestock and poultry from birth.
FARM POLICY: Even before the bans on U.S. beef, prompted by the case of mad cow disease, Americans began importing more food than they export, raising a broad array of trade issues that will drive U.S. farm policy the next four years.
KEY MOMENT: For only the second time in history until then, the United States in 2002 imported more agricultural products than it exported. A $70 million deficit that year widened to $800 million in 2003, according to the Commerce Department.
OTHER ISSUES: A measure requiring foods in supermarkets be labeled with their countries of origin, new dietary guidelines and an updated food pyramid, a national system for tracking livestock and poultry from birth.
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