News: “Several nations, including Chile, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, halted U.S. beef imports within hours after the Agriculture Department announced Tuesday that a cow at a farm near Yakima, Wash., had tested positive for the brain-wasting disease. Japan is the largest overseas market for U.S. beef.”
There’s more to these swift measures than safety. It’s about governments getting back at governments. Freedom and consumer choice are hit the crossfire.