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"en.20120314.22.3-163-000"2
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"Mr President, I voted in favour of this report – although I had some concerns initially – because I believe, in the long term, this report has the ability to create a win-win situation for both the EU and Canada and the United States.
The report creates a way past some of the destructive dynamics of trade sanctions and tariffs that were founded back in the 1980s and as a result of the bans on imports of beef and beef products that had been treated by hormones into the EU from the US and Canada.
These tariffs have amounted to USD 116 million every year in the US. Canada and the US recently lifted their sanctions in the hope of creating an autonomous zero duty and tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef not treated with hormones.
To create the win-win situation for all involved, the EU needed the support of MEPs and this report will provide initially some 20 000 tonnes of high-quality beef annually. The final settlement of the beef hormone dispute will create further momentum towards greater economic and commercial integration between the EU and the US."@en1
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