ARGENTINE BEEF PRODUCERS ATTACK THEIR GOVERNMENT’S WTO CASE AS A SHAM
December 1st, 2012
BY JONATHAN GILBERT, IN BUENOS AIRES
ARGENTINA'S beef producers have claimed their government's new trade complaint against the United States over allegedly illegal American beef import controls is a spurious political smokescreen.
Ángel Girardi, president of the Argentine Association of Beef Producers, told globalmeatnews.com it was a move "for the cameras", designed to obscure the pain being caused by the Argentine government's own anti-export policies.
Argentina has become increasingly protectionist since President Cristina Fernández's re-election ...
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