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Canada Concerned About Korea?

Mike

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Today 7/10/2006 10:16:00 AM

Canada Beef Industry Concerned That Beef May Be Segregated



WINNIPEG (Dow Jones)--The Canadian cattle industry is concerned about reports that South Korea will not resume beef trade with the U.S. until Canadian beef products are segregated in U.S. beef processing plants.



South Korea has not been accepting U.S. beef since December 2003 after reports of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease, in the U.S. In recent weeks there have been two confirmations of BSE in Canadian cattle.



"We know that the U.S. beef-processing sector was opposing this restriction and had hopes to avoid it," said Ted Haney, president of Canadian Beef Export Federation. He said segregating beef is costly and disruptive to the US beef processing industry.



"Our product is safe and from a risk-assessment perspective has been demonstrated to be so," he said.



"In recent months the U.S. industry has increasingly directed their government not to accept protocols with unnecessary restrictions because of the increased cost associated with having these restrictions in place," Haney added.



He noted that Canada has been working to reestablish direct beef trade with South Korea. He said that with Canada's recent announcement to remove specified risk materials from animal, feed and pet food, he hopes to be "back on track to receiving access in South Korea." He added that Korean officials had indicated this was a necessary requirement that Canada meet before they return to negotiations.



Haney calls South Korea a "significant, top floor market" for Canadian beef. Canada exported over 20,000 metric tons - or approximately $100 million worth of beef - to South Korea prior to the closure of the border to Candian beef in 2003 when the BSE was first discovered in Canadian cattle, he said.



Haney noted that Canada has already reestablished trade with Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines and said trade with Taiwan should resume by October.



Source: Alan MacKenzie, Dow Jones Newswires; (204) 947-1700; [email protected]
 

Sandhusker

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"In recent months the U.S. industry has increasingly directed their government not to accept protocols with unnecessary restrictions because of the increased cost associated with having these restrictions in place," Haney added."

Who decides on what is unnecessary? What protocol is used to determine what is necessary and what is not?
 

Econ101

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Murgen said:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

funny, Murgen. In world trade there is no real independent arbitor. It is always politics and self interest. The founding fathers knew this to be the case and put the power of trade deals into the hands of the House of Representatives--the closest to the people federal power. The House of Representatives has abrigated their responsibility in this matter to our trade representatives in "fast track" who are selling the U.S. citizen out for corporate interests.

Look at the softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the U.S.

Your OIE is just for argumentative purposes.
 

Murgen

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I know, I've known that since May 20. The US has done a great job of showing the rest of the world that the OIE means nothing. USed only when it benefits them, other countries have caught on.

It's terrible being caught in your own web of deceit.
 

Econ101

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Murgen said:
I know, I've known that since May 20. The US has done a great job of showing the rest of the world that the OIE means nothing. USed only when it benefits them, other countries have caught on.

It's terrible being caught in your own web of deceit.

It is the web of the current political leadership, not mine. I have been pointing out that this adminstration has been trying to present itself as an administration run on morals and ethics when in fact, in the executive branch, they have put the foxes in charge.
 

Mike

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Murgen said:
I know, I've known that since May 20. The US has done a great job of showing the rest of the world that the OIE means nothing. USed only when it benefits them, other countries have caught on.

It's terrible being caught in your own web of deceit.

"Your" may be the wrong wording here. It's not MY policy, nor that of most on here. It's the USDA's. If you haven't noticed............. not many policy makers on here.
 

Sandhusker

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Murgen said:
I know, I've known that since May 20. The US has done a great job of showing the rest of the world that the OIE means nothing. USed only when it benefits them, other countries have caught on.

It's terrible being caught in your own web of deceit.

The US didn't start the practice of selection on these international agreements. Study history a little bit, agreements have been broken and/or partially ignored for as long as they've been made when all of a sudden they don't fit a country's best interests any longer. One would have to be a fool to think any international standard will last where it may become unpopular. Participants in agreements can be held accountable only in cases where there is a definite power above both parties to keep them true to their word, as in the case of a state being above individuals or federal government above states. The only power over nations in this world is God, and trade is not his priority.

To rely on international agreements like the USDA is pushing is building your castle on sand and turning a blind eye to history. Cherry-picking and complete rejection are indiginous to international agreements.
 

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