THE QUARANTINE CRISIS: Imports put disease-free status at risk

摘要

WHEN Australia signed the GATT world trade agreement earlier this decade, the signs looked good for farmers. The Americans, Europeans, Japanese and South Koreans had all conceded trade protection imposts - at no apparent cost to Australia's unprotected farmers. But now it is the Australians calling for protection - not from French lamb producers or Amerrcan grarnfarmers, but from a flood of import applications which industry groups claim are putting at risk Australia's status as a disease and pest free natron.