Plant Health Technical Bilateral Meetings

Last Modified: March 20, 2025

In efforts to continue mission critical work and make progress on phytosanitary topics with as many trading partners as possible, APHIS is conducting plant health technical bilateral meetings both in-person and virtually.

The following schedule is tentative and subject to change.

March 2025

  • U.S. – EU Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, March 24 – 25, 2025: (in-person; Brussels, Belgium) (Tentative)
    Contact Lakshmanan Ramamoorthi for details, lakshmanan.ramamoorthi@usda.gov

April 2025

May 2025

  • U.S. – Peru Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, May 12 – 16, 2025: in-person; Portland, Oregon and Prosser, Washington) (Tentative)
    Contact S. Hieskill for details, ppq.pim.requestsmanagement@usda.gov

The Phytosanitary Issues Management (PIM) team requests stakeholder input in developing agenda items for upcoming Plant Health Technical Bilateral Meetings. To provide input, please send an email to the contact listed above. The meetings are an opportunity to acquire, expand, or maintain export and import agricultural markets by:

  • Exchanging information about specific commodities,
  • Amending current phytosanitary requirements based on updated information,
  • Documenting agreements made and next steps,
  • Establishing time frames for completion of items/resolution of issues, and/or
  • Establishing joint working groups to explore and resolve issues of mutual concern.
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