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Canada, that is supplying the Mexican with nonfat, 76 percent. 

 That is going to be locked in under GATT for the foreseeable 

 future. This means that our limit in the next 15 years into the 

 Mexican market is going to be held to 40,000 metric tons. 



We also have concerns about Mexico becoming a staging area. 

 We think the rules of origin need to be looked at very critically for 

 export into our country because milk is a very fungible product 

 and some of the multinationals may look at subsidized nonfat to be 

 reprocessed and shipped into our market. 



We are concerned about one other thing, and that is the food 

 safety angle. On poultry and beef they have agreed between Mexico 

 and the United States on cross-border inspections. There is no 

 agreement in this area in terms of dairy at all. It should be ad- 

 dressed. 



And certainly the access into NAFTA of the other hemisphere 

 countries, including nonhemisphere countries of New Zealand and 

 Australia are also of concern to us. We certainly hope that you will 

 ask the Clinton administration to look favorably to an agreement 

 in agriculture and to deal specifically with the very issue. 



We thank you very much for the time. 



The Chairman. Thank you very much, Mr. Huber. Your re- 

 marks, of course, are being transcribed. If you care to make any 

 additions and you can get it to us within the next 72 hours we will 

 be happy to incorporate them as additions to your oral testimony. 



We thank you for being here. 



Mr. Huber. Thank you very much. 



The Chairman. I thank the other witnesses for allowing us to go 

 out of order. 



The next panel is Michael V. Dunn, vice president for govern- 

 ment affairs, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.; Grant B. 

 Buntrock, director, National Farmers Organization, Washington, 

 D.C.; Keith W. Eckel, president, Pennsylvania Farmers Association, 

 on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, 

 D.C.; Larry Mitchell, acting national director, American Agricul- 

 ture Movement, Washington, D.C.; and Curt Rohland, president, 

 National Family Farm Coalition, Washington, D.C. 



I would invite you all to the witness table. Since we have been 

 delayed throughout the process first by the very good and extended 

 visit of the Secretary, which was his first visit to our committee as 

 Secretary, and then the delay on the vote, I would hope that the 

 witnesses will submit your prepared statements for the record and 

 then try to summarize briefly your concerns and your information 

 to us if you can do it within 2 or 3 minutes. 



But proceed as best you can so that you can get your point across 

 and into the record. We will have the opportunity to review it at a 

 later point. 



We will begin with you, Mr. Dunn. 



STATEMENT OF MICHAEL V. DUNN, VICE PRESIDENT, 

 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, NATIONAL FARMERS UNION 



Mr. Dunn. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We appreciate you hold- 

 ing these hearings and we are indeed honored to be here at the 



