15444, respectively, you know that we in the cattle business have learned a lot about what it's like to be on the receiving end of American politics.
We learned years ago that Americans + us does not equal We. Not by a long shot. We used to think that way but learned the hard lesson very quickly when BSE hit. Trust this. .. there are elements of every business including the grain business who would love a one way border. Its only trade agreements that put a restraint on putting those opinions into action.
We learned that agreements are only lived up to when the U.S. is benefitting. Otherwise there are professional lobbyists lined up to influence their government to disregard what they agreed to. We cattle producers know this first hand. We've fought them for years. We've spent a lot of money and a lot of energy just to get them to follow the very agreements they signed on to.
And now we are dealing with a bully. Backed up by protectionist's.
This announcement is just the beginning. We won't be the only ones targeted. The only good thing for us to hold on to now is that we finally have alternative markets. In the future, dependence on the American market is not something we will want. The more alternative markets we have, the better.
We learned years ago that Americans + us does not equal We. Not by a long shot. We used to think that way but learned the hard lesson very quickly when BSE hit. Trust this. .. there are elements of every business including the grain business who would love a one way border. Its only trade agreements that put a restraint on putting those opinions into action.
We learned that agreements are only lived up to when the U.S. is benefitting. Otherwise there are professional lobbyists lined up to influence their government to disregard what they agreed to. We cattle producers know this first hand. We've fought them for years. We've spent a lot of money and a lot of energy just to get them to follow the very agreements they signed on to.
And now we are dealing with a bully. Backed up by protectionist's.
This announcement is just the beginning. We won't be the only ones targeted. The only good thing for us to hold on to now is that we finally have alternative markets. In the future, dependence on the American market is not something we will want. The more alternative markets we have, the better.
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