Category: South Korea
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Trade News
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSEO27686720080418?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews">South Korea relaxes U.S. beef import rules</a><br />n<br />nThis news has been trumpeted all over the agricultural sites. South Korea will accept US Beef again and its great. I'm going to throw a little cold water on this news though. I don't beleive it will happen. Check this out.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea on Friday…
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Talking Tough
I see Condoleezza Rice is talking tough to South Korea about <a href="http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/03/26/afx4819089.html">beef trade</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> 'The United States believes that our beef is safe and that the markets ought to be open to it all around the world,' Rice told reporters with her South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-Hwan at her side after extensive talks…
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Quick Hits
Things I should have posted about but haven't.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/05/news/state/38-brucellosis.txt">Brucellosis is almost wiped out in the US</a> with the declaration that Texas is now Brucellosis Free. Of course there still is the problem of Brucellosis in Bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area, but that is not cattle. I still think it can…
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Still Talking
The US and South Korea are still talking about beef.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gliEd1Bi_qB68ysYSDK2b_vze2ygD8S6SPM80">South Korea, US Open Beef Trade Talks</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea and the United States opened beef trade talks Thursday on Washington's demand for greater access to the Asian nation, which is maintaining stringent quarantine regulations citing concerns over mad cow disease.<br />n<br />nThe…
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Strong Statement
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/04/news/state/39-beef.txt">It appears</a> that the Bush Administration is taking to heart the noise from Congress about no Free Trade Agreement with South Korea until beef trade is normalized.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Wednesday that U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab has assured him that the Bush administration will not push a free-trade agreement with…
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Stopped Yet Again
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKOREA_US_BEEF?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" >South Korea suspends US beef imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea has effectively suspended U.S. beef imports over mad cow concerns after a recent shipment was found to have contained banned parts, a news report said Thursday.</blockquote><br />n<br />nThat's about all the information that's in the story. I wish the meat packers would pay a…
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Cheap And Tasty
It appears that the South Korean government is a little out of touch with its people when it comes to US Beef. The Government has been fighting to keep US Beef out for a long time now but the door is finally cracked open and what has happened? The stores <a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200707/200707160009.html">sold out of the…
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Kill The Export Market
I see the Big Meat Packing Plants are trying to get what little beef we export to <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/vetlife_content.asp?ContentID=138506">South Korea shut off</a>. Why don't they pay attention to these things? The packers know South Korea is very touchy about importing US beef so would it be so hard to be a little more careful and…
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I’ll Have To See It To Believe It
We'll see, South Korea isn't known for being very cooperative when it comes to US beef.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/08/ap3802051.html">South Korea Opens to US Beef Imports </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea lifted a de facto ban on American beef imports Friday, after the U.S. confirmed that only two shipments meant for domestic consumption were exported mistakenly, officials…
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At It Again
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0419657220070605?pageNumber=1">South Korea is at it again</a>. <br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> spokesman Keith Williams said that while Seoul hasn't officially issued a ban on all U.S. beef shipments, the incident negatively impacted exports in the short term.<br />n<br />n"The mere fact is…