Pony Diplomacy in Peking
After two years of anxious anticipation and high-level negotiation between the USDA and China’s AQSIQ*, the Chinese market for American horses has finally re-opened. With Air Force One making its way towards China, pressure was on to ink a deal outlining quarantine requirements for Chinese owners seeking to import horses from the United States. With all terms agreed to, the Presidential visit was the final push needed to make it all happen. Within the last two years, China’