What are the pro and con of government intervention in this case? The back ground of the Catfish dispute case presented cites the international trade agreement in placed where United States (US) allowed Vietnam to import frozen catfish into its border, later became concerning for the US domestic Catfish Farmers of America (CFA) through filed charges with the Trade and the US Department of Commerce that alleged that lower quality fish commodities where branded as authentic catfish mainly found in the southern states of the US (WTO, 2017). Therefore, Federal Drug Administration (FDA) insist that the distinction be made and also include labeling of products/goods with origin, as well. In as much, the US Senate and other authoritative officials agreed to support the catfish farmers, who felt threaten due to the flooding of the market with cheap fish, yielding the farmers inabilities to compete on domestic grounds. On the other hand, opponents cite that US continues to fail at marketing its product to a more broader audience, outside of the 9 southern states currently purchasing …show more content…
- Ensuring the quality of import goods by upholding regulated standards, especially where health risk concerns are at the forefront (i.e., bottom dwellers) (Carter, 2001). - Leveling the competitive grounds for the domestic farmers – branded as authentic catfish - Educating consumers by FDA labeling origin, and species of fish imported and sold to US consumers. - Ensuring sustained available future resources through research and development and innovative improvements.
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Ethics is the study of morality. Morality is composed of the standards that an individual or group has about what is right or wrong and good or bad. Through ethics, you are able to reflect on one’s moral standards or moral stands of a group or society and asking whether they are reasonable. One must keep in mind ethical relativism when analyzing whether a situation is right or wrong. Ethical relativism says that moral right and wrong depend on the culture a person belongs to. Since societies differ in the moral standards there is no single correct set of moral standards everyone should follow. The three main schools of thought learned for ethics are utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, and ethics of care. Using these three schools of thoughts I will analyze an episode of Catfish.
As explained in previous sections, Big Food has immense power to influence government decision making. It is important to understand how Big Food is able to participate and use the political system to their advantage. The main way that Big Food influences government decision making is through lobbying. Lobbying is a common practice within the American political system that is utilized by industries to further their interests. Lobbying manifests in two major ways within the political system. Industries lobby Congress for favorable regulations, and the White House for beneficial trade agreements. For this purpose of this thesis, the aspect of lobbying surrounding favorable regulations in Congress will be explored as it pertains to Big Food.
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Given the sizes of the European and American economies and the amount of trade between them, it is inevitable that disputes will arise. I will focus on the continuing clash over the European ban on hormone-treated beef and the recent dispute over American steel safeguard measures. These two trade disputes represent different types and different issues within the trade relationship, although both expose weaknesses in the WTO system.
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...bergris (from whales)?" In Canada, consumers can look for a SeaChoice label or a Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) label on seafood packages, if they want to buy sustainable seafood. By allowing overfishing concerns to influence their choices, consumers can do more to help conserve endangered species.
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Free trade or other, quality products produced process and delivered in a certifiably ethical and/or environmental manner.