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To: long-gone who wrote (66346)	3/21/2001 12:20:24 PM
From: The Vet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116779

<"Over the long term, people are not satisfied with irrational arguments all the time," says Mr. Deichmann. "One day, Europeans will grow tired of all these health scares."> Of course we should recognise that the majority of these "health scares" have been rather poorly disguised attempts to promote import and trade restrictions and still not raise the ire of the WTO. If you don't like cheaper US beef competing with the home grown product then you raise the "health issue" of hormones. If it is British beef then you use BSE as the excuse. Don't like bananas from US companies - exclude them because of how much they are curved. You get the message.. "It's not a trade ban - we are just looking after the health of our population" (wink - wink)!! The Japanese have used similar "safety" regulations to prevent the import of US cars for years. And the US is not blameless either but they tend to use other ploys to defeat the WTO rules to which they pay lip service in regards to imports, but they staunchly defend when it suits their export industries. The strength of the US dollar makes imported goods cheap and it is so easy to accuse an efficient overseas producer of "dumping". Just check out the US restrictions and punitive duty imposed on Australian and New Zealand lamb meat a few years ago. The WTO ruled against the US on that one but to date the injustice remains...