Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 23:13:36 +0100 From: "secr(MG!)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Soya trade war expected between EU and US following meat and bone meal ban ----- forwarded message ----- Subject: B-GE:EU: Soya trade war expected between EU and US following meat and bone meal ban Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 17:46:07 +0000 From: jim mc nulty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EU: Soya trade war expected between EU and US following meat and bone meal ban : 1 Dec 2000 Source: just-food.com editorial team Speculation is rife that the measures put in place by the European Commission on Wednesday (29 November) to limit the spread of BSE are about to prompt a large-scale trade war across the Atlantic. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> A EU ban on the use of meat and bone meal in animal feed will mean that farmers use a soya substitute to replace the nutrition provided by meat and, when international curbs on soya production come down in mid-2002 according to the Blair House agreement, an ensuing trade dispute is now widely expected. The EU farms commissioner, Franz Fischler, argued that the results of a meat and bonemeal prohibition have been over-dramatised: �It should be possible to mobilise the additional quantities of soya or other meals needed on the market. Further measures to make this production more attractive could be explored.� Another Commission official explained that trade restrictions will become irrelevant if the subsidies paid for oil seeds (and soya) are made the same as those for cereals from mid-2002. The US is tipped to challenge the EU through the WTO however, if subsidised production is increased from 5m hectares. ---- For instructions on joining, leaving, or otherwise using the Ban-GEF list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with HELP in the SUBJECT line. Search the archives (since '97) at http://www.txinfinet.com/ban-gef/, or go to a recent day's digest at http://www.txinfinet.com/ban-gef/00/. Updated weekly. ----
