Chile becomes the sixth country to ban Brazilian beef because of atypical BSE

Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 06:16 UTC

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Chile joined five other countries that have banned imports of Brazilian beef, since a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesday. Read full article

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Bubba
And thanks to Nestor,the Argentine beef industry was neutered and can not step back in to the world market. Uruguay will benefit...
Jan 03rd, 2013 - 10:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Would the WTO concern themselfs with something that is clearly a health issue.
Surely individual states can legitimately ban import of goods on those grounds?
Jan 03rd, 2013 - 12:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Condorito
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Quite right.
It is shear arrogance on the part of Brazil to threaten action at the WTO. Chile has no ulterior motive in banning Brazilian beef. We have to import beef and Brazil is one of the least expensive options.
Jan 03rd, 2013 - 01:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Be serious
EU needs to ban Brazilian and Argentine beef as a matter of urgency.
Jan 03rd, 2013 - 01:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
I think that the argricultural officials, instead of giving a March deadline before going to the WTO, would be better served using that time, to demontstrate, that this strain of BSE, is not a threat to human health. Which is probably all that the importers are seeking anyway. Like Condorito says, sourcing the beef from elsewhere costs more, so this is action is certainly not motivated by economics!
Jan 03rd, 2013 - 01:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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LightThink
thats just speculation,
my favorite meat is Brasilian beef.
Jan 03rd, 2013 - 06:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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LT

Disagree. It is not speculation, it's common sense and prudence.

There may in fact be nothing wrong with the Beef, but the WTO is not the place to demonstrate that.

The time would be better spent, demonstrating that to potential importers.
I sincerely hope the ban does not last long, it benefits none of the parties involved.

However, whilst there is some doubt, no health authority in any country, anywhere in the world, will take the risk.
Jan 04th, 2013 - 10:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
#1 ?!
Jan 08th, 2013 - 12:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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