Will Swiss supermarkets be inundated with cheap, hormone-filled beef after US tariff deal?
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/agribusiness/explainer-will-swiss-supermarkets-be-inundated-with-cheap-hormone-filled-beef-after-new-tariff-deal-with-us/90393929
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Australia signed a similar deal but no American beef is being imported – no point when ours is so good.
Have already seen it in my local migros. Make sure to check the labels from now on.
US beef is no more cheap. Look at the beef price in US grocery store.
Is it cheap though? I thought even the Americans import beef from Argentina because theirs is too expensive
I mean at the end of the day the consumer has to buy it…
I wouldn’t mind some of their high end beef. The rst won’t be bought anyway.
Even if it is, people can still choose what they eat. I buy my meat from the local farmer.
Inundated yes, cheap no.
can we please chill out ?
this deal won’t automaticall change the swiss regulations around meat safety nor import quotas. The Parlament will need to change laws maybe – and there might be referenda, the federal administration will need to change their ordinances, we will be able to have debates each step of the way.
This also means that it will take times, enough time for tariffs to be rulled illegal by the supreme court ? enough time for the midterms to change their legislative ? enough time for trump to be gone (one way or an other ?
the debate about what ifs makes journalists happy, but it’s futile at this stage
Won’t there be a votation on this?
We’ll buy much more liquified natural gas (LNG), not beef.
Stores aren’t the issue, there’s labels. You’ll get the inferior US meat in restaurants.
The kind of restaurant that have signs claiming to use local products “whenever possible”, but you’re clearly eating the budget microvave food from Topcc.
TopCC has had US beef forever, as well as Argentina, Uruguay and Wagyu.
US beef typically comes in 3 quality levels:
Prime (highest quality)
Choice
Select
At TopCC US beef is more expensive as the Argentina and Uruguay selections, and I have never seen “Prime” quality.
With these new tarrifs, I wonder if the price for US beef comes down.
I will keep checking the labels of my food, thank you.
And I appreciate the swiss meat on the supermarket having the flag visible.
Thinking that the beef is “filled with hormones” is just being scientifically illiterate.
I don’t understand how this deal is possible at all. We are part of the common EU market. All products in Switzerland must adhere to EU standards and are in turn legal to sell in the entire EU.
I thought we could allow US imports on a case-by-case basis, but not as a general rule. Wouldn’t generally accepting inferior US products that fail to adhere to EU standards violate the common EU market rules?
Local beef is not filled with hormones?
At least with antibiotics and other chemicals
It will never be cheap because the price is done by demand.
As with the Gammelfleisch and secret horse meat scandals today is just another great day to give up meat!
Alternatives have improved a lot since then in terms of healthiness, taste, mouthfeel and protein density. And if you want to go completely unprocessed there are still plenty of fresh legumes that aren’t stuffed with hormones.
And another great side effect: probably your most effective individual contribution to a more sustainable life. Your ancestors will thank you.
And you may even meet them if you reduce your meat consumption today: meat and especially beef contribute to a shorter lifespan due to cardiovascular complications later in life. The average Swiss resident consumes 3x of the recommended amount of meat, so start today and look for alternatives.
US beef is expensive these days. I think there will be more beef imports, but more from countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. It’s cheaper, so supermarkets have a better margin. And US beef as an image problem here, South American beef not so much. If retailers are not forced to sell US beef, then I cannot see it gain traction.
I was in the US this summer. I can tell you the meat is pricey, although a bit less than Switzerland. But with the import taxes and margins taken by Swiss retailers, the prices will be similar to what we already have.
We are entering into something very bad.
People eat too much meat, it has a terrible impact on the environment.
No.
Isn’t it all so far a memorandum of understanding and not a contract yet? So Switzerland is essentially (like most countries) just saying, “yeah sure once we get a contract, you will be able to sell your meat in CH”, and in turn got immediate tarrif reductions. This administration just didn’t realize that blended by all the gold bars sitting on the orange man’s desk.
If that is so, then at least not yet. Probably never. The Swiss just, if I don’t have to pay you now, you perhaps can have cookies later…
>Will Swiss supermarkets be inundated
yes, swiss corporations don’t actually give af where products come from ; they hide behind the idea they should provide everything and let the customer decide (yet migros doesn’t sell alcohol… see the cognitive dissonance)
>with cheap
The US beef entrecote I’ve seen at migros is >70CHF/kg. That is not what I call cheap. Migros & co will just take the opportunity to make a higher margin.
Economic patriotism, never heard of it.
Wont be bought by the individual consumer. But i can imagine that it will be procured by the big meat processors to be used in lasagna, bratwurst etc.
Also the big canteens
Wont be bought by the individual consumer. But i can imagine that it will be procured by the big meat processors to be used in lasagna, bratwurst etc.
Also the big canteens
You will find it in uni restaurants, food trucks and similar places….
Neighboring countries get cheap meat from Germany, why do we need to import it from the other side of the ocean ?
the supermarkets might be, the people probably not if the labels are looked at
Was i nid chegg bi demm ganze thema..
Mir hend jetzt scho unterschti schublade antibiotikafleisch us ungarn, brasilie und pole, fisch us de grüsigste gwässer wie unter anderem kabeljau us usem wiederliche mekong.
Was chunnts drufah wenn mer jetzt no grusigs fleisch us dr USA hend? Chaufets eifach nid?
The issue is that this beef is unlikely to be found on the shelves of Migros or Coop. Instead, it will likely be used in processed food, ready meals, and convenience food.
In a country where cows to humans ratio is 7 to 1? Wow, your politicians really sold cheap your farmers.