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NCBA, R-CALF, COOL, USDA (No Politics!)
Japan Unlikely to Resume U.S. Beef Imports
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<blockquote data-quote="Texan" data-source="post: 50107" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>And, then there's the other argument. To me, its <em>good</em> that they deny Creekstone the ability to test for export markets. If USDA allowed that to happen, the next domino to fall would be the radical US consumer groups demanding testing of all domestic product. We would hear their arguments of, "well, we're doing it for the Japanese consumer, aren't our own consumers equally as important?" What would we do then? Waste more money on needless testing just to satisfy those demands? Money that would eventually come out of the pocket of the producer? Or, not do it and let the US consumer question the safety of our product? Again, more money out of our pocket from the decrease in demand.</p><p></p><p>And what's with the 'government intervention is bad' argument? I thought government intervention is what some of us wanted? Let's see--government intervention with needless testing is <em>bad</em>, government intervention with closing the Canadian border and <em>Mandatory</em> COOL is......<em>good</em>? </p><p></p><p></p><p>Seems to me like some of us want to push for free markets when its to our advantage. If its not advantageous, then we don't want them. If we really want the free market to prevail, let's open all of the borders in both directions. That would be free markets from a global perspective. If we don't want that type of free market, let's close all of the borders in both directions and eat all of our product. That would be domestic free markets at work. </p><p></p><p>I just don't see how we can pick and choose the direction of trade that is most profitable to us as producers and still call it a "free" market. If we want to do that, we should be honest about it and call it what it is. Protectionism!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texan, post: 50107, member: 416"] And, then there's the other argument. To me, its [i]good[/i] that they deny Creekstone the ability to test for export markets. If USDA allowed that to happen, the next domino to fall would be the radical US consumer groups demanding testing of all domestic product. We would hear their arguments of, "well, we're doing it for the Japanese consumer, aren't our own consumers equally as important?" What would we do then? Waste more money on needless testing just to satisfy those demands? Money that would eventually come out of the pocket of the producer? Or, not do it and let the US consumer question the safety of our product? Again, more money out of our pocket from the decrease in demand. And what's with the 'government intervention is bad' argument? I thought government intervention is what some of us wanted? Let's see--government intervention with needless testing is [i]bad[/i], government intervention with closing the Canadian border and [i]Mandatory[/i] COOL is......[i]good[/i]? Seems to me like some of us want to push for free markets when its to our advantage. If its not advantageous, then we don't want them. If we really want the free market to prevail, let's open all of the borders in both directions. That would be free markets from a global perspective. If we don't want that type of free market, let's close all of the borders in both directions and eat all of our product. That would be domestic free markets at work. I just don't see how we can pick and choose the direction of trade that is most profitable to us as producers and still call it a "free" market. If we want to do that, we should be honest about it and call it what it is. Protectionism! [/QUOTE]
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