Plant Health Technical Bilateral Meetings

Last Modified: August 13, 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.

September 2025

  • U.S. – Caribbean Plant Health Directors Forum, September 8–10, 2025: (in-person, Trinidad and Tobago (Tentative) 
    Contact Jason Neil for details, ppq.pim.requestsmanagement@usda.gov
     
  • U.S. – Taiwan, 32nd Session of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)-Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) Sanitary, Phytosanitary & Agricultural Standards Working Group Consultations, September 9–11, 2025: (in-person, Beltsville, Maryland) (Confirmed)
    Contact Lisa Kohl for details, ppq.pim.requestsmanagement@usda.gov 

October 2025

  • U.S. – Japan Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, October 7–10, 2025: (in-person; Wenatchee, Washington) (Confirmed)
    Contact Lisa Kohl for details, ppq.pim.requestsmanagement@usda.gov

    U.S. – European Union Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, October 30 – 31, 2025: (in-person; Brussels, Belgium) (Tentative) 
    Contact Lakshmanan Ramamoorthi for details, ppq.pim.requestsmanagement@usda.gov

November 2025

  • U.S. – Korea Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, November 4 – 6, 2025: (in-person; Visalia, California) (Confirmed) 
    Contact Lisa Kohl 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 PIM Request Management Inbox as 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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