December 26th, 2003, 05:54 PM
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Re: OT: BSE (aka Mad Cow Disease) in the US
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Originally posted by DavidG:
Of course the real reason that the US should imediataly reopen the border to Canadian beef is that the only reason they claim it was still closed was because of the Japanese threats. Since Japan has now Banned US imports there would seem to be little reason to continue the Canadian ban.
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But it won't. That whole Japanese thing was just an excuse so for a protectionist policy. This year their cattle producers got unprecedented high prices for their cattle, so why would their gov't open the border when it's being closed benefited their people?
However, some cattle organizations down there were requesting the border be reopened precisely because they could foresee a case of BSE being found in the US. They wanted Canada to treat them nice if they got a case. Unfortunately, that group was not listened to, and some other more extreme Groups WERE listened to.
I don't know if the American border to Canadian cattle will be reopened anytime soon, but I sure hope it will for the sake of Canadian cattle producers everywhere.
Renegade 13
[ December 26, 2003, 15:56: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]
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