International trade may resume after a foreign animal disease outbreak when:

International trade may resume after a foreign animal disease outbreak when:

• A. After vaccines are developed
• B. After WOAH standards and country requirements for the disease are met
• C. After tariffs are removed
• D. After a new import regime is approved

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is that safe, trustworthy international trade in animal products rests on risk-based measures aligned with international and importing-country standards. When a foreign animal disease outbreak occurs, trade can resume only after the exporting country can demonstrate that it meets the World Organisation for Animal Health standards and the importing country’s requirements. This shows regulators that the disease is under control or a known risk has been mitigated, with proper surveillance, testing, certification, and documentation to prove product safety. Vaccines can help control disease, but they don’t by themselves guarantee that trade can restart unless the standards and risk assessments recognize that status. Tariffs and new import regimes are policy tools, not guarantees of disease risk mitigation, so they don’t by themselves determine when trade resumes.

The idea being tested is that safe, trustworthy international trade in animal products rests on risk-based measures aligned with international and importing-country standards. When a foreign animal disease outbreak occurs, trade can resume only after the exporting country can demonstrate that it meets the World Organisation for Animal Health standards and the importing country’s requirements. This shows regulators that the disease is under control or a known risk has been mitigated, with proper surveillance, testing, certification, and documentation to prove product safety. Vaccines can help control disease, but they don’t by themselves guarantee that trade can restart unless the standards and risk assessments recognize that status. Tariffs and new import regimes are policy tools, not guarantees of disease risk mitigation, so they don’t by themselves determine when trade resumes.