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The Umpteen Millionth Time!

Mike

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U.S. vows to seek fully open Japanese market
By Tom Wray
Editor, ProvisionerOnline
3/30/2008


WASHINGTON – The United States on Friday said that it will keep urging that Japan fully open its market to American beef by lifting its restrictions related to mad cow disease fears.

"The U.S. government remains highly concerned by Japan's unwillingness to adopt these science based, international guidelines under which beef and beef products can be safely traded," the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in its 2008 National Trade Estimate Report on foreign trade barriers, according to the Japan Economic Newswire.

The report was referring to a decision last May by the World Organization for Animal Health to allow the United States to export beef regardless of cattle age, the news service said.

According to the JEN, Japan was the largest importer of U.S. beef before banning U.S. beef imports in December 2003, when the first U.S. case of mad cow disease was discovered.

It lifted the ban in December 2005 under conditions including limiting U.S. beef imports to meat coming from cattle aged 20 months or younger.
 

Sandhusker

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rkaiser said:
We've still got the Enola Gay....

Spoken like a true American. Or am I generalising?

My comment was tongue-in-cheek. However, with the USDA/AMI/NCBA's policy of forcing their will upon our customers, I wouldn't be surprised if getting that plane tuned up was on their list.

How long does this game have to continue before this can officially be called a "Failed Policy"?
 

rkaiser

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No test no sale....... Where did that fellow go that used to post his message for us to see?

I know that you are just a pussy at heart sandhusker. :lol:
 

tom cat

New member
Japan may changing their way of doing business if the U.S. would consider cutting off the millions of other trade items we import everyday until they fully re-open beef imports for the good ole U.S. of A
 

per

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Tom Cat, wouldn't it be easier to cooperate with your customer rather than threaten trade action? Test it and that is it. I doesn't make sense to bully people into compliance. That is the kind of thought that gives the rest of your fellow Americans its reputation abroad. That probably doesn't matter because you will make others respect you. This isn't a science issue it is a reality issue.
 

Sandhusker

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per said:
Tom Cat, wouldn't it be easier to cooperate with your customer rather than threaten trade action? Test it and that is it. I doesn't make sense to bully people into compliance. That is the kind of thought that gives the rest of your fellow Americans its reputation abroad. That probably doesn't matter because you will make others respect you. This isn't a science issue it is a reality issue.


Amen. The goal is not getting our product on the shelves, it's getting it in the homes. You can't alienate the population and expect them to buy your product.
 

rkaiser

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For Crying out loud Sandhusker --- now yer talking like a Canadain...... I'm soooo confused.................. :roll:
 

rkaiser

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When are you coming up for a visit Sandhusker. Don't be scared of these guys on here who blast you from time to time. Us Canucks are real forgiving and never turn down a party.

Well I did turn down Sheri Monk's request to go with her down to the Rcalf convention party but that was more fear on my part due to her nice little Canadian butt and my testosterone levels. :wink:
 

Sandhusker

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rkaiser said:
When are you coming up for a visit Sandhusker. Don't be scared of these guys on here who blast you from time to time. Us Canucks are real forgiving and never turn down a party.

Well I did turn down Sheri Monk's request to go with her down to the Rcalf convention party but that was more fear on my part due to her nice little Canadian butt and my testosterone levels. :wink:

I haven't been over 40 miles from home since November. With gas prices the way they are, it will probably at least next November before I venture that far again. Unless, of course, you can get Ms. Monk to lead me up there......

I was hoping to get into your checkbook a little in an Omaha bar and get some value out of that high loonie, but you didn't venture South and I ended up with the crud and didn't make it, anyway.
 

MoGal

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I think you all are missing the bigger picture........ Japan has NO INTENTION of opening up their market for imports OF ANY KIND.......... its a carrot they keep dangling so the USA will accept ALL their imports and Japan will find one excuse after another to not accept USA exports...........

Do a search on the Japanese carry trade........ they slung loans all around the world at 1/2 % interest to businesses that kept their exports going...(Japan even admits they helped to create this banking mess....) Japan has starved its own people, no population growth (their majority of their population is over 55), they've suppressed wages, they're young people are running off to Taiwan for better paying jobs which is not sitting well) .......... you have to go outside the bubblevision news to other countries to find out what is going on.....

The only solution to this is start limiting their imports on equal parity with US exports and we need to do this to EVERY country and start adding wage equalization tariffs to imported goods.

If we don't do this, we'll still be blabbering about Japanese not taking beef imports ten years from now....... how many years has this been going on??? Hellooooo??
 

Sandhusker

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MG, " Japan has NO INTENTION of opening up their market for imports OF ANY KIND.......... "

Check how much beef they are taking from Austrailia and New Zealand. I think you're in for a surprise.

Until we give Japan what they want, I think they're fully within their right to keep us out. Their people aren't buying the BS from the USDA and OIE - they're smarter than we are.
 

RobertMac

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MoGal said:
The only solution to this is start limiting their imports on equal parity with US exports and we need to do this to EVERY country and start adding wage equalization tariffs to imported goods.
:agree:
 
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