Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz Canada has issued an ultimatum to South Korea to buy canadian beef.
Since May 2003 Korea Has Ban canadian beef by giving BSE excuse.
Ritz announce a timeline to start buying Canadian beef again, or he vorn korea to face potential trade action.
Minister Ritz also says that Korian should follow in the footsteps of other countries like Hong Kong and Japan. He says they need to look at the status of Canada, which is exactly the same as the US, and move forward. Korea has been accepting beef from the US and Australia.
Ritz says Korea has until the end of this month to announce a time-line to re-introduce Canadian beef.
Source : Saskatoonhomepage