date:May 16, 2014
Meat Council, says free trade negotiations with South Korea, which had begun in 2005, had become interrupted due to issues related the auto industry, agriculture and others and while those discussions were stalled several of Canada's key competitors, including the United States, the European Union and Chile, reached their own agreements, so this deal is critical.
Ron Davidson-Canadian Meat Council:
Our sales to Korea were increasing substantively when we started falling behind in market acces