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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 611399" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I think that like it or not we are in a world economy for the foreseeable future.</p><p></p><p>This can be a good thing - the more we trade with each other the less likely we are to go to war with each other.</p><p></p><p>However trade needs to be a two way street. It is not a stable situation when trade flows mostly one way or the dollars are way out of balance. IF trade flow $$ are way out of balance one or the other country eventually goes broke - or prints money to fill in the gap and ends up with massive inflation....but that's not a good topic for a pleasant Sunday afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Another requirement of trade is that it needs to be not used as a political weapon. As soon as you use it as a weapon, folks work real fast to find a way around your product. Many examples of this.</p><p></p><p>The thing that smells especially bad about this COOL labeling and the Mexican government ban is that it is blatantly political.</p><p></p><p>COOL and truth in labeling will win out eventually. It has too in a free country. We have a right to know where our food especially is coming from. That does not need to be a negative. Look how the Europeans use "imported" as a positive selling point and chance to charge more for cheese, ham, etc.</p><p></p><p>Responding as the Mexicans have IF this is truly a response to COOL as it most clearly appears to be, it just makes people avoid your products. US packers also need to get their heads out of the sand and use their resources to improve their products, not fight truth in labeling. Fighting the truth is a losing uphill battle. jmho.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 611399, member: 7509"] I think that like it or not we are in a world economy for the foreseeable future. This can be a good thing - the more we trade with each other the less likely we are to go to war with each other. However trade needs to be a two way street. It is not a stable situation when trade flows mostly one way or the dollars are way out of balance. IF trade flow $$ are way out of balance one or the other country eventually goes broke - or prints money to fill in the gap and ends up with massive inflation....but that's not a good topic for a pleasant Sunday afternoon. Another requirement of trade is that it needs to be not used as a political weapon. As soon as you use it as a weapon, folks work real fast to find a way around your product. Many examples of this. The thing that smells especially bad about this COOL labeling and the Mexican government ban is that it is blatantly political. COOL and truth in labeling will win out eventually. It has too in a free country. We have a right to know where our food especially is coming from. That does not need to be a negative. Look how the Europeans use "imported" as a positive selling point and chance to charge more for cheese, ham, etc. Responding as the Mexicans have IF this is truly a response to COOL as it most clearly appears to be, it just makes people avoid your products. US packers also need to get their heads out of the sand and use their resources to improve their products, not fight truth in labeling. Fighting the truth is a losing uphill battle. jmho. [/QUOTE]
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