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Tim Johnson: “Would it not make sense to maintain the prohibition on Canadian livestock and meat exports into the United States until…”

On the recordMay 22, 2003
Would it not make sense to maintain the prohibition on Canadian livestock and meat exports into the United States until the United States can be comfortable that they have eliminated their backlog and that their inspection regime is essentially on a par with that in the United States?
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Tim Johnson
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May 22, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for continued prohibition on Canadian livestock imports.

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