U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announced Thursday that this office was moving against the European Union over the bloc’s ban on U.S. beef.

Froman said the EU’s ban on U.S. beef was “not based on sound science and discriminates against American beef farmers, ranchers and producers” and violates World Trade Organization standards. He said that if the ban stands, the U.S. would reinstate “industry-supported tariffs” on a variety of EU imports.