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POLICIES HAS SLOWLY OVERRIDDEN THE PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENT OF 

 AN INEFHCIENT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND RESULTED IN THE LOWERING 

 OF TRADE BARRIERS. PRESSURE FROM ITS TRADING PARTNERS-MOST 

 IMPORTANTLY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND USMEF--ACTED AS A CATALYST 

 ON JAPANESE POLICY-MAKERS TO UNDERTAKE THE DIFFICULT POLITICAL 

 STEPS OF OPENING THEIR DOMESTIC FARM INDUSTRY TO FOREIGN 

 COMPETITION. 



IN JUST THE RED MEAT ARENA ALONE, SIMILAR MARKET OPENING EFFORTS 

 HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. MEAT 

 INDUSTRY AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN KOREA, THE EUROPEAN 

 COMMUNITY, AND SEVERAL OTHER MARKETS. GATT AND NAFTA PROMISE 

 TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF LOWERING TRADE BARRIERS IN 

 AGRICULTURE AND INSTITUTIONALIZE RULES FOR FREE AND FAIR TRADE. 



IN THIS PROCESS, THE U.S. RED MEAT INDUSTRY AND THE U.S. 

 GOVERNMENT, PRIMARILY USTR AND FAS, HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO 

 ANALYZE TRADE BARRIERS AND DEFINE NEGOTIATING POSITIONS WHICH 

 WOULD ENSURE ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL ACCESS. EVEN UNDER GATT 

 AND NAFTA, THE INDUSTRY/GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP HAS WORKED 

 EFFECTIVELY TO ANALYZE MINUTE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENTS AND 

 ASSESS TRADE IMPACT. 



