@DivagoTM@NewstalkFM@AontuIE If you really believe that any such "insistance" by the EU is anything more than political bullshit designed to mislead the moronic masses, I have wasted my time engaging with you.
@DivagoTM@NewstalkFM@AontuIE Agreed that Brazilian beef is also good, but on what basis do you say that increasing demand for Brazilian beef (already the largest exporters in the world - by far) will REDUCE deforestation?
@DivagoTM@NewstalkFM@AontuIE If the EU is imposing such limitations, they're certainly not working. I made no reference to "banning" anything. My simple point was that the idea of importing beef from 8,000 kms away - when we have world class beef right here - is moronic.
@DivagoTM@NewstalkFM@AontuIE Your "fair competition" is clearing rainforest to accommodate ever larger herds of cattle living in low welfare standards. Irish beef would cost much less if it were not for crazy EU regulation, high taxes, and high minimum wages that are only necessary due to the same high taxes
@DivagoTM@NewstalkFM@AontuIE Only an idiot would believe that the importation of beef from a distance of over 8,000 kilometres is the product of "the free market", particularly when the local produce is far superior. We grow some of the world's best grass fed beef all over this island.
@pl_european@NewstalkFM@AontuIE You think that a country with one of the best grass fed beef environments in the planet should be importing beef from over 8,000 kilometres away? Consumers already have a choice. Importing beef to Ireland is moronic and a symptom of serious political failure.
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