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UK and Irish farmers’ claim Brazil’s beef exports fail to meet EU standards
The UK National Farmers Union, NFU and Irish Farmers' Association have expressed concern about the reopening trade talks with the Mercosur group of South American countries because of the impact it could have on farmers. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesDoesn't China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Cuba, Palestine, Syria, N Korea or Mexico eat beef ?? The first three can eat more beef then Brazil could produse, good for the EU now they don't have to eat it, the cheaper it will be for the rest of us, on the up side we save the forest, analyst suguest China will more likely eat its grouth by 2050. This might give Brazil the oportunity to secure the Chinese market, Argentina had something similar with the soya grains in China but didn't last long, cause Argentina could have walked out with grains worth dubble the price of the contract price, and a stone throw away from India who has the hots for soya meals willing to pay what was worth. I think Brazil should play the waiting game go cknock some doors, before the EU change their mind.
Jul 09th, 2010 - 04:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0This Kendall is clearly afraid of market competition. Canada attempted doing that against Brazil in the beginning of this decade. It embargoed Brazilian beef under the allegation that it could have been contaminated by the mad cow disease even though no such case of that had been reported in the country at that time. Canada regretted its decision bitterly.
Jul 09th, 2010 - 07:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is how the EU, US, Canada, work. They try to enforce on developing countries an economic policy in favor of market opening - that is to say, in favour of foreign, mostly American and European, companies. But then they refuse to do the same to products exported by those very same developing nations. I doubt Brazil (and Argentina) will tolerate that.
2 Forgetit
Jul 09th, 2010 - 07:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0Right again....
They want our markets to be wide open but when we reach their “standards” they just move the goal a few more yards.....
Quite un-sporty....
Unfortunately, the EU, and the UK in particular, has laws against the importation of meat and meat products unless commercial and subject to testing on arrival. Any sign of growth hormones, antibiotics etc. not permitted under EU law and out it goes.
Jul 09th, 2010 - 05:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don't understand why Brazil wastes their time on this issue, they should have saved the trip and gone to China, UK economy is falling like a stone, and China is way up, when UK gets hungry Brazil can be sure they will call back and maybe at this point the price can be marked up.
Jul 10th, 2010 - 12:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is how idiot protectionist in Europe destroy them self, by not allowing their own people buy good quality and cheaper produced meat. We in the US import more meat from Brazil than ever ( they have the largest cattle in the world and are, in the US, considered better than from other south american nations). If Europe just get rid of it's subsidies, the US will do the same and we all will have a real free trade/ open market economy, what will prosper us all. I am for it and most conservative readers are for it, because it's good for the people.
Jul 10th, 2010 - 01:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Gassy. South America is welcome to keep its foodstuffs. From what I've read, it's all full of stuff real people don't want.
Jul 10th, 2010 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nicholas. Not sure how you got into the U.S. or your level of expertise. Could you look up the FDA Compliance Policy Guides? Since we started with beef, you could try Sub Chaper 565 onwards. In fact, you could try reading all 570 Sub Chapters and THEN talk about protectionism.
harrier clown..I am born in the US ( Miami-FL is between the borders of the United States of America). Second, we do import many beef from Brazil. Third, subsidies (my tax money) is a form of protectionism..what is bad bad bad bad and the idiots in Europe are the worse hypocrites when it comes to free trade/open market policies. Mr Kendall and all the European wimps cannot handle competition...facts, not fiction. Ugh...
Jul 12th, 2010 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Aha. Snuck in as a foetus.
Jul 14th, 2010 - 10:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Please explain why, on one of my visits to the US, a store in the DFW area explained that they could not provide meat products to British standards because the US would not allow importation?
Also, while you're interspersing your no doubt valid comments with rude words, remember what happened to Think.
I assume you are ethnically South American or you would not be concerned with Brazil's trade situation.
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