"It worries me enormously that a relaxing of the sanitary measures could put the health and lives of Panamanians at risk," he said in his resignation letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.
To: freepatriot32; GreenFreeper; Justanobody; B4Ranch; Nowhere Man; Coleus; neutrino; endthematrix; ...
FYI
"free trade" clearly aims to disrupt domestic food supply systems.
2 posted on
01/29/2006 11:46:33 AM PST by
hedgetrimmer
("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
To: Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; Jhoffa_; FITZ; arete; FreedomPoster; Red Jones; Pyro7480; ...
Panama's agriculture minister resigned on Tuesday, alleging that a proposed free trade deal with the United States could expose the country to bird flu, foot and mouth disease and mad cow disease. Free trade will not be denied.
3 posted on
01/29/2006 11:50:20 AM PST by
A. Pole
(" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! Bazaar Akbar! ")
To: hedgetrimmer
Do I understand this guy right? He's afraid of foot and mouth from the U.S.? Not to play on words, but this is pure political hogwash.
Muleteam1
5 posted on
01/29/2006 12:22:53 PM PST by
Muleteam1
To: hedgetrimmer
Panama need only worry about the displacement of its farmers for American based Fortune 500 "Agribusiness." Its a trend for even American agriculture to be outsourced.
8 posted on
01/29/2006 2:50:45 PM PST by
junta
(It's Jihad stupid! Or why should I tolerate those who hate me?)
To: hedgetrimmer
Foot and Mouth - that's laughable. Meanwhile consumers in the US have had to contend with vegetables from Mexico fertilized with human waste.
To: hedgetrimmer
bottom line here is that 'free traders' do not brook dissent. Multinationals want borderless trade and uniform trade laws, period.
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