Careful boys! COOL affects only either 5% or 20% of imported beef.
I've forgotten if the figure I read wass 5% or one fifth of imported beef.
Either way, it is a very small amount compared with the costs of doing the job.
It gives a false sense of food safety, being a marketing ploy rather than a true food safety issue.
What happens when consumers buy some of that tough old shoe leather Haymaker raises down there on his Mexican border ranch......and how do we know he isn't cheating on the real 'origin'????? If it isn't him, there sure are some US producers making some poor quality beef. Not everyone has the same quality cattle, after all, but northern raised (US, or Canadian for that matter) cattle have reputations as the best in the world.
BTW, it has been TECHNOLOGY and not globalization which has "taken" jobs in the USA.......and increasing their education and/or work habits will gain even better jobs for most all US workers losing their jobs. At least those who TRY to get better jobs.
Trade Agreements generally give us relief from excessive tariffs for US produced beef and other products we sell into other nations.......and I say it's about time!
Some in this country may not choose to buy products from overseas, but a lot of 'foreigners' want to buy our products, especially now that our dollar is lower value than previously.
Don't forget, according to the Sunday supplement magazines in some newspapers, numbers of millionaires are increasing fast in other nations, especially in CHina and Russia. Lets get those US products flowing to them!
Trade, not protectionism, is what makes the world a better place for all people.
mrj