WTO says Argentina officially lodged a beef dispute against the US
Argentina on Thursday officially lodged a dispute against US restrictions on imports of Argentinean beef and other meat products, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Friday.
A week ago, the United States and Japan filed complaints against Argentina with the WTO, alleging that its import licensing rules is protectionist because they discriminate against foreign goods.
”Argentina has notified (August 30) the WTO Secretariat of a request for consultations with the United States on measures applied to the imports of Argentine meat and other products of animal origin. Argentina claims that the restrictions, applied on sanitary grounds, don't have scientific justification“ said a brief release from WTO.
The European Union brought a complaint against Argentina in May, accusing it of limiting imports, and drew a tit-for-tat complaint from Buenos Aires in August denouncing a ”de facto prohibition on imports of bio-diesel from outside the Community”.
Argentina also claims that measures of the United States appear to cancel or impair the benefits for Argentina derived from the relevant WTO Agreements.
The request for consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO. Consultations give the parties an opportunity to discuss the matter and to find a satisfactory solution without proceeding further with litigation. After 60 days, if consultations have failed to resolve the dispute, the complainant may request adjudication by a panel.
A release from the Argentine Foreign ministry said that as of Monday a similar 60 days period becomes effective for the complaint referred to lemons banned from the US market.
The Argentine government appeals to the WTO Disputes Settlement System because in both cases more than ten years of unsuccessful bilateral claims have elapsed, “with the purpose of unjustified delays” and therefore “blocking access to the US market of Argentine very high quality beef and lemons, by appealing to protectionist policies contrary to international rules”.
If expired the 60 days period no mutually acceptable agreement has been reached, Argentina will demand panels of experts to decide on the controversies, adds the release.
Finally Argentina cautions it will continue to monitor the conduct of the developed countries which pretend to deliver their excess production, which is growing, in developing countries at a moment of international economic crisis.
“No wonder then that China, India and Argentina have been the focus of US and the EU claims in the last year”, Argentina demands from the developed countries a fair and balanced.
Argentina is among the seven world’s leading exports of beef together with US, EU, India, Brazil, Australia and Uruguay.
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Argentina is now a 4th rate country.
You're talking crap again Vargas.
But I think Pirat-H has trumped that with:
[US] “ pot calling the cattle black”
Genius!
If you need to USA so much to import your beef, raise them to the standards of the USA holds for it's own beef.
By the content of your posting.....I say you will be old enough to vote next year in argentina at ......16 when you graduate from la campora.....very indoctrinated.
The only reason the USA bans Argentine meat is because of fear of competition. So they use the Foot and Mouth issue as a smoke screen. Patagonia has NEVER had that disease in decades, yet they still ban it. This is just another example of Americans being a society that has no concept of the word honorability, the term is foreign to you.
And no matter how much you or yankeeboy try to cry, deny, shout, and pout, virtually any piece of meat you buy in Argentina is healthier overall than American meat. Sorry, but those are the facts.
This is all hot air CFK is trying to distract the other 1/3 of the world that is suing you at WTO. You have a filthy dishonorable country that won't live up to its commitments, Arg will never change.
“Patagonia has NEVER had that disease in decades”
Wow, Troll, you slipped that time!
www.thecattlesite.com/news/39562/argentina-beef-exports-at-10year-low
Perhaps it also has to do with the worlds largest slaughter house (Brazil) pulling out of argentina because of the impossile business environment to deal with in argentina. They closed 5 of 6 slaughterhouses in argentina.
argentina cannot supply their own people and yet the are concerned over sanitary standards of the USA import requirements? Once again argentina snubbing their own people.
en.mercopress.com/2012/03/23/world-s-largest-beef-producer-cuts-losses-in-argentina-and-prepares-to-leave
Have fun with that....
USA has the worst beef in the world full of chemical and pesticide, the meat doesn't even taste right anyone who taste healthy beef could tell the difference between Argentine beef and US beef. No comparison the Argentine meat taste a lot better. Well it taste like meats compared to half bred cow clone.
Oh you were talking about cows!!!, at first I thought you were comparing sucking off an Argentine man compared to an American man since you usually can't seem to get off the topic of being a homosexual Argentine living in North America.
Argentina's worldwide beef exports have also declined overall because of the massive tax she introduced on beef exports and her brainstorm plan backfired and beef exports dropped. If you recall her April 2012 speech, she is curtailing tax on beef exports....a little too late.
Tell la campora to give you statement that can be supported.
Here is the 2006 rg fmd outbreak reported in Corrientes and slaughtered 3000 cows.
purduephil.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/foot-and-mouth-disease-hits-argentina/
#19 no but I piss on every english speaking retards exposing their ignorance to us Argentine's, insulting me isn't going to make the USA half bred cow clone taste like real cow meat, try the meat yourself don't take my word for it I am more then 100% sure you will come to my same conclution and end up wondering why you never noticed, I don't need la campora to tell me anything when I eated the meat and found how much better Argentine cow meat taste. Believe what you want its your loss, I on the other hand like to eat 100% real cow beef.
Still got those issues with your father eh!
At this time of year Chile has to import tonnes of beef to meat the demand for national day celebration asados.
In the last few years the quantity of Argie beef has declined significantly. I don’t know the exact reason, but I believe it is to do with reduced production and bizarre export taxation which makes it uncompetetive.
The supermarkets stock beef from Brasil, Paraguay, USA, Australia and seldom Uruguay.
The fact that we have to import beef from the other side of the Pacific and the USA, when we have Argentina next door, I think highlights how serious Argentina really is about exporting beef to the USA.
I have lived in Scotland (home of Aberdeen Angus) and Calgary (Cow Town Canada). In both places the locals will tell you their beef is best, but being objective there is good and bad beef everywhere. I mean a cow walks about and east grass, how much difference can there be between a Scottish cow and a Chilean one?
My favourite cut for the asado is Lomo Vetado (Bife Ancho in RG). I have found little difference between the quality from different countries other than the surprise that beef from USA and Australia is fresher than from Brasil and Paraguay.
The big difference in taste and tenderness comes by selecting by breed regardless of origin: Angus and Wagyu being far superior to standard.
My last few trips to BA have been met with inferior quality beef and I go to really expensive restaurants ( for Rgs anyway). In my opinion the grass fed beef in the better restaurants here in the USA is tastier at least you get what you are paying for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uklF7VtqJq8
#23 good for you then, it saves you the typing.
Correct me if I am wrong but aren't most Argentine cows grown on grass?? I know you can pump them up with steroids and GMOs but isn't a grass grown cow healthier then some pumped up cow??
www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=hCFy6Ym_3oM
Praise for President Cristina Fernandez from UN World Tourism Organization
en.mercopress.com/2012/09/03/praise-for-president-cristina-fernandez-from-un-world-tourism-organization
A billion dollars trade surplus for Argentina in July; Mercosur main partner
en.mercopress.com/2012/08/23/a-billion-dollars-trade-surplus-for-argentina-in-july-mercosur-main-partner
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