America's beef producers have complained that they have not benefited from the retaliation.
Most Australian beef producers appear to be more pessimistic.
Most American beef producers feed growth hormones to cattle to make them grow faster and bigger.
Some beef producers are trying antibiotics not used in humans.
How much equity will be lost by the American beef producer, I can't tell you.
Anxious consumers mean a reduction in sales, and that in turn means lower prices for beef producers.
Irish beef producers have already been experiencing a severe financial crisis.
I would add that it is especially in the interests of the parties most affected - British beef producers.
As I pointed out earlier, they are especially contrary to the interests of the most affected party, British beef producers.
Canada is the world's 10th largest beef producer, representing 2.5 percent of total world output.