Farms.com Home   Ag Industry News

Beef emerges as the winner in renewed Canada-Chili deal

Beef emerges as the winner in renewed Canada-Chili deal

By Amanda Brodhagen, Farms.com

Canadian beef seeks to benefit from the renewed Canada-Chile Partnership Framework that was signed on Thursday. Canadian beef exporters will now have full access to the Chilean market. Access to the Chilean beef market is worth C$5 million a year, which Harper says has the potential to double over the next three-years. This marks the end of a 10-year-old ban on Canadian beef imports, after the discovery of BSE in 2003.

A news release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office says “Building upon our recently agreed reciprocal access for beef and beef products, Canada and Chile will foster trade in this sector. Canada and Chile will identify and advance their cooperation in areas of mutual interest, which may include innovation, genetics, climate change and new pathogens, and research on renewables including bio-based energy and biotechnology.”

The partnership between the two countries also includes agreements on education, energy, mining, science and technology.



 


Trending Video

Meet Farming Smarter!

Video: Meet Farming Smarter!

Meet the people that drive southern Alberta on-farm innovation – the Farming Smarter team! Hear our priorities and efforts from the team leaders that make all we do possible and successful.

Innovation drives us, not profit. Farming Smarter is a farmer-led, registered Canadian charity that focuses on projects to improve crop production in southern Alberta. We work to instill a culture of innovation by taking a bottom-up approach that is gritty, practical, and achievable.

We take chances, break the rules, and encourage failure so we can learn. Our audience rests easy, knowing we scan the world for new and old ideas that may apply locally. When they turn to us, they are confident our information is grounded and relevant.