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Russian authorities are cutting off purchases from slaughter plants that handle animals treated with ractopamine
Russia has blocked beef and pork shipments from dozens of Canadian meat plants, including two in Manitoba, in an ongoing dispute over the use of the feed additive ractopamine. According to a list from VPSS, Russia’s veterinary inspection service, only 15 Canadian pork and four beef processors can still ship to Russia because they don’tIt’s the kind of non-tariff trade barrier Canadian exporters can expect to see more of in the future
Not long ago, tariffs were the key barriers to Canadian beef exports. Tariff barriers are still significant problems (Korea for example), but as tariff barriers fall, countries are getting more creative in building border barriers. In some ways, it makes me nostalgic for the good old days when our market access efforts primarily consisted of
