Trade barriers start to go up

Here we go again – just like with BSE (mad cow disease) in the 90s and the more recent foot and mouth outbreak, some countries can’t wait to jump at the opportunity to start erecting non-tariff trade barriers.

Russia, Japan ban British poultry over bird flu – washingtonpost.com
Russians officials said Moscow would ban British poultry imports from Tuesday to prevent the spread of bird flu. Japan also banned British poultry imports while Ireland barred the import of poultry from Britain for “gatherings and shows.”