a bit more on the NATO split...
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Subject: [mobilize-globally] Soya trade war expected between EU and US following meat
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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
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jim mc nulty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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.
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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.
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