Wide Open Trade

Canadian Ag Minister Bob Speller says his American counterpart has assured him the decision on resuming live cattle trade with Canada will be based on science rather than politics.

The question most Canadians are asking: When will this decision be made?

A public comment on dropping the current U.S. ban is scheduled to end April 7. Then U.S. agriculture officials will view what they’ve received.

Canadians argue that a rapprochement on this issue would offset a lot of the trouble from other trading partners who halted the beef trade following the BSE detections in Canada and the United States.

Posted by Jim Langcuster at March 25, 2004 09:06 AM | TrackBack