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Red meat industry wants NAFTA market access preserved
Aug 16, 2017, 09:19 AM
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The U.S. red meat industry wants any renegotiation of NAFTA to maintain full market access to Canada and Mexico.
Thad Lively with the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) says duty-free and barrier-free borders with those countries must be preserved.
“NAFTA’s been hugely significant to the red meat industry here in the U.S., eliminating those borders. Which is effectively what NAFTA did for trade in North America. Most of us in this industry would say it’s the way we ought to move as we go forward on trade.”
Canada and Mexico account for 40 percent of U.S.
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