Plant Health Technical Bilateral Meetings
Last Modified: September 13, 2024
APHIS conducts plant health technical bilateral meetings both in-person and virtually in efforts to continue mission critical work in regards to making progress on phytosanitary topics.
The following schedule is tentative and subject to change.
September 2024
- U.S. – Japan Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, September 17 to 19, 2024: (in-person, Idaho Falls, ID) (Confirmed)
Contact Lisa Kohl for details, lisa.m.kohl@usda.gov - U.S. – Taiwan Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, Week of September 23, 2024: (in-person, Taiwan) (Confirmed)
Contact Lisa Kohl for details, lisa.m.kohl@usda.gov
October 2024
- U.S. – European Union Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, October 2 to 3: (virtual) (Confirmed)
Contact Prakash Hebbar for details, prakash.hebbar@usda.gov - U.S. – Kenya Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, October 15 to 18, 2024: (in-person, Seattle, WA) (Confirmed)
Contact Mohamed Sedegui for details, mohamed.sedegui@usda.gov - U.S. – Mexico Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, October 22, 2024, evening: (in-person at NAPPO, Tucson, AZ;) (Tentative)
Contact Amanda Elkhateeb for details, amanda.m.elkhateeb@usda.gov - U.S. – Canada Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, October 24, 2024, evening: (in-person at NAPPO, Tucson, AZ) (Tentative)
Contact Fan Wang-Cahill for details, fan.wang-cahill@usda.gov
November 2024
- U.S. – Korea Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, Week of November 4, 2024: (in-person, Seoul, Korea) (Confirmed)
Contact Lisa Kohl for details, lisa.m.kohl@usda.gov - U.S. – Ecuador Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, November 19 to 23, 2024: (in-person, Quito, Ecuador) (Tentative)
Contact Sarah Hieskill for details, sarah.r.hieskill@usda.gov
December 2024
- U.S. – Canada Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, December 11, 2024: (virtual) (Tentative)
Contact Fan Wang-Cahill for details, fan.wang-cahill@usda.gov
The Phytosanitary Issues Management (PIM) staff requests stakeholder input in developing agenda items for upcoming Plant Health Technical Bilateral Meetings. To provide input, please send 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.
- Establishing joint working groups to explore and resolve issues of mutual concern.