By So what are the odds that the candlelight girls and the rest of the zombies will come out and protest the dastardly Canucks attempt to open the Korean beef market?:
Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz warns that Canada may consider filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) if South Korea does not resume importing Canadian beef products.
The minister visiting Seoul told reporters that the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) concluded that Canadian beef is safe, and that, thus, Seoul should resume imports in accordance with scientific evidence and international standards.
The South Korean government has banned Canadian beef imports since an outbreak of mad cow disease in the country in 2003. [KBS Global]
Canada if they do file the complaint should stress how Canadian beef is actually safer then Korean beef that refuses to be monitored by the OIE.
4:44 am on March 22nd, 2009 1
I'm guessing that Koreans will not protest against Canada. They didn't protest over free trade with Europe or the toxins found in Chilean pork. WTF?!
Why? The majority of Koreans hate America. They are hyopcrites plain and simple. Nothing can or will convince me otherwise.
They protest over US beef while at the same time shovel down toxic Chilean pork. True hypocrites.
9:45 am on March 22nd, 2009 2
Koreans protest against the U.S. due to their inferiority complex. The want to prove they are not small and can not be pushed around by Americans. So they go to great lengths to prove they are not pawns of the U.S. devils, while still loving the music, movies, and fashion. It is hypocritical.
Free trade should mean just that, free trade. But as far as I can see there are no countries truly willing to open their borders. And the U.S. is guilty as well. How about this headline "U.S. offers no tarrif on Korean goods, Korea declines." Or, "Korea offers U.S. tariff free trade on condition U.S. reciprocates, U.S. declines." When I see one country make the first move, and it get declined, then we would know who the real roadblocks are in the trade battle.