Wall Street Journal Opinion on "Max Baucus's Fish Sense"

From theWall Street Journal Opinion Journal, July 14, 2009:

Senator Max Baucus . . . .[is] right on a trade issue now percolating in Washington: There's no reason to launch a trade war with Vietnam over fish.

At issue is the possibility that the Department of Agriculture could effectively ban imports of Vietnamese pangasius fish, which is similar to U.S.-produced catfish. The excuse for the move would be food safety; USDA is considering whether the Vietnamese fish should be subject to a stricter inspection regime. But . . .

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