Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: South Korea

  • Willing

    I see that <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=682D236E-DC90-7633-9DC0437FCCCD3387">South Korean consumers are willing to buy US Beef</a>. It's just the politicians are trying to keep it from happening. I notice when US beef was offered in Japan the consumer was willing to buy it to. The politicians from these countries are reading their consumers wrong and maybe should open…

  • One Load Is Accepted

    I see that South Korea is <u>maybe</u>, I repeat <u><strong>maybe</strong></u>, modifying their <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">official/unofficial US beef Blockade</a> that they have been preaching for the past few months. They have finally <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=34612F50-C097-F1A0-BEB48276EE7F8AF0">accepted a load</a> of US Beef. It's a start but I am not getting my hopes up on one small load of beef. It…

  • Does Baucus Have a Spine?

    I was very interested when I heard the news of the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0230980620070403">US South Korea</a> trade aggrement. More than once I have heard that if South Korea wanted a trade aggreement, they had to drop thier official/unofficial trade barrier to US Beef. The original stories I saw said nothing aboput this so I assumed that…

  • They Deserve It

    If you are not going to allow high quality US beef into your country, you deserve the <a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200703/kt2007031515483911950.htm">highest beef prices</a> for your consumers. It isn't rocket science people.<br />n<br />n<strong>You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have…

  • Controlled-Risk

    I see that the US and Canada might get <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aUf0L2lZAzfM&refer=canada">`Controlled-Risk' Status for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a>. The article claims this status might help us get some of our lost export markets back. I'm not so sure. <a href="http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070313/650000000020070313180856E6.html">South Korea has indicated</a> that no mater what status we get from OIE, they are going to…

  • This is a Compromise?

    It appears that South Korea is willing, if that's what you want to call it, to compromise on their <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">official/unofficial US beef Blockade</a>. Instead of combing through a whole shipment of beef to find the most minute piece of bone fragment imaginable so they can reject the shipment, they are now willing to comb…

  • Big Stick

    <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=E9F8510B-A169-AD8F-9896FE5EC9135590" >Nelson threatens trade war with South Korea over beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) threatened to introduce legislation that would impose sanctions on South Korea if that nation doesn’t end its more than three-year-long ban on U.S. beef. Nelson introduced similar legislation aimed at Japan while that nation's market remained closed to…

  • Empty Threat

    <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=93986" >S. Korea Threatens To Ban U.S. Beef Again</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korean legislators talked tough on Wednesday, warning they might reinstate a ban on U.S. beef imports if Washington continues to demand that Seoul ease its quarantine inspection standards.<br />n<br />n“The U.S. should be aware that if the U.S. Congress continues to press with…

  • The Gods Are Smiling

    You reap what you sow and the Gods smile about it.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=133480&src=gennews" >Beef Prices In South Korea World’s Highest</a><br />n<br />nServes the bastards right for not letting US beef into their country. Maybe once the consumers figuyre this out they will revolt and overthrow their oppressive government.<br />n<br />n<strong>Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance –…

  • South Korea Acts Up Again

    You might remember my rant about <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">South Korea's unofficial, official</a> trade barrier to US Beef. Well I see South Korea has again threw up it's unofficial, official trade barrier for the world to see.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/06/asia/AS_GEN_SKorea_US_Beef.php" >South Korea says banned bone pieces found in third U.S. beef shipment</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea said Wednesday…