HOPEFULLY THEY LIVE UP TO THE
TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
WELL, THIS FLAP UNFOLDED JUST
HOURS AFTER CHINA SPARKED PANIC
BY SUSPENDING POULTRY IMPORTS
FROM A TYSON FOOD PLANT IN
SPRINGDETAIL
SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS WHERE MORE
THAN 400 WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
ADDING FUEL TO THE TRADE FIRE,
CHINA HAS NOW TEMPORARILY
SUSPENDED SALMON IMPORTS WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY THREATENING U.S.
IMPORTS DUE TO THE NEW OUTBREAK
IN BEIJING WHERE A COVID CLUSTER
WAS INITIALLY CONNECTED TO A
LOCAL FISH MARKET THAT IMPORTED
FROM EUROPE.
THEY BANNED EUROPEAN IMPORTS OF
SALMON AT THE MOMENT BUT ARE WE
NEXT?
HERE IN A FOX BUSINESS
EXCLUSIVE, WE’VE GOT THE MAN WHO
HAS MORE THAN 40 YEARS
EXPERIENCE SELLING SEAFOOD AND
IS APPOINTED AS AN ADVISER TO
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
TOM KEHOE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF PETER
NAVARRO’S COMMENTS, AND THEN
WEAVE IN THE SITUATION WE ARE
NOW SEEING WHERE CHINA IS
PIECEMEAL DECIDING WHERE THEY
ARE GOING TO BAN, THEY HAVE
EVERY RIGHT TO IF THEY ARE
CONCERNED, BUT TO BAN FOOD FROM
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES?
>> WELL, HOLD THAT THOUGHT FOR A
SECOND.
ON THE HEELS OF MR. NAVARRO’S
REMARKS, MR. KUDLOW CAME OUT AND
SAID THE DEAL’S ALIVE.
YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT -- OKAY.
LOOK, CHINA HAS EVERY RIGHT TO
BUT WE THINK CHINA HAS BEEN
ACTING IRRESPONSIBLY HERE.
THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC OR
MEDICAL PROOF THAT COVID CAN
HITCHHIKE A RIDE ON A SALMON, ON
ANY SORT OF FOOD PRODUCT.
THE CHICKEN WORLD IS REELING
OVER THIS.
THE SALMON WORLD, WORLDWIDE
WHICH IS PRIMARILY CHILE AND
SCANDINAVIA, ARE ALL VERY UPSET
ABOUT IT.
MY SOURCES IN THE
ADMINISTRATION, I WAS ON SOME
CALLS YESTERDAY, I THINK WE
CHATTED A LITTLE ABOUT IT, THEY
ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP A VERY
MEASURED RESPONSE.
BUT ON ONE OF FOX’S SHOWS A
COUPLE DAYS AGO, GENERAL JACK
KEANE SAID HE THOUGHT CHINA WAS
BUMPING ELBOWS WITH EVERYBODY
RIGHT NOW IN RETALIATION FOR THE
FACT THAT THE WHOLE FREE WORLD
LED BY US IS CRACKING THEIR
KNUCKLES LIKE A LITTLE KID IN
SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T TELL
US WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS
CORONAVIRUS WHEN IT FIRST BROKE
OUT.
SO -- BUT THIS IS CHINA’S M.O.
THE CONFLICT IN INDIA, WHAT THEY
ARE DOING IN HONG KONG, THEY ARE
FLYING JETS OVER TAIWAN,
DEVELOPING THESE ISLANDS IN THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA THAT WERE JUST
ATOLLS, SO LOOK, CAN THE UNITED
STATES AND CHINA CO-EXIST IN THE
WORLD, IN THE 21st CENTURY?
ABSOLUTELY.
CAN WE DO IT WITHOUT GOING TO
WAR?
ABSOLUTELY.
THEN THEY WERE GOING TO ADOPT
OUR -- THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
ADOPT OUR VALUES AND WE AREN’T
GOING TO ADOPT THEIRS.
HOWEVER, WE CAN CO-EXIST AND DO
BUSINESS TOGETHER AND I THINK WE
HAVE TO.
LIZ: LET ME KEEP ON THE SALMON
ISSUE.
>> GO AHEAD.
LIZ: YOU JUST SAID IT’S NOT
REALLY PROVEN THAT COVID CAN
HITCH A RIDE ON A SALMON, BUT
THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY HAVE
GENETICAL
GENETICALLY TRACED IT TO
EUROPEAN SALMON AND THEY HAVE
SCRIPPED
SCRAPED IT OFF CHOPPING BOARDS.
COVID WAS FOUND ON CHOPPING
BOARDS.
YOU AS A FISH GUY, TELL ME
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOW THINKING
WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT’S NEXT, IS
IT SHRIMP, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE
KNOW AND BY THE WAY, DR. FAUCI
HAS TESTIFIED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT
THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST WAVE AND
THAT HAPPENED JUST ABOUT A
COUPLE HOURS AGO.
>> IMPOSSIBLE TO HITCH A RIDE
ON A SALMON.
IF YOU GO TO ANY RESTAURANT IN
THE UNITED STATES NOW, THERE
WILL BE A SEPARATE CHOPPING
BOARD FOR POULTRY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE FOUND OUT THAT CERTAIN
BACTERIA ON THE SKIN OF POULTRY
CAN BE CONTAGIOUS TO OTHER
FOODS.
POULTRY IS PROCESSED SEPARATELY
IN EVERY AMERICAN RESTAURANT.
THERE’S NO WAY, THERE HAS BEEN
NO SCIENTIFIC OR MEDICAL
EVIDENCE THAT SALMON OR ANY
OTHER FISH, FOR THAT MATTER, CAN
BE THE REASON OR THE HOST FOR
COVID VIRUS.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.
LIZ: OKAY.
>> AND CHINA’S GOT TO BE
CAREFUL --
LIZ: I WANT TO JUMP ON PHASE --
SORRY.
I WANT TO JUMP ON PHASE ONE OF
THE TRADE DEAL THAT WAS STRUCK
IN JANUARY.
THE CHINESE PROMISED TO BUY AN
ADDITIONAL $200 BILLION WORTH OF
U.S. GOODS AND AGRICULTURE OVER
THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY
HAVE BEEN BUYING.
HOW MUCH HAVE THEY BOUGHT?
THEY HAD A LITTLE CLAUSE IN
THERE WHERE THEY SAID IF
SOMETHING REALLY AWFUL HAPPENS,
ALL BETS ARE OFF.
SOMETHING REALLY AWFUL HAS
HAPPENED.
>> THIS IS A FORCE MAJEURE.
THEY HAVE COMPANIES THEY ARE NOT
PAYING BUT WILL THEY BUY, I
THINK I SAID THIS ON YOUR SHOW
ONE OF THE LAST TIMES I WAS WITH
YOU, CHINA NEEDS US.
THEY CAN’T FEED THEIR PEOPLE.
REMEMBER I SAID THAT.
THAT WAS YOUR BYLINE WHEN YOU
DID A LITTLE REVIEW OF THE SHOW.
CHINA CAN’T FEED ITS PEOPLE.
WE ARE STILL THE BREAD BASKET OF
THE WORLD.
WE PRODUCE MORE HIGH QUALITY,
SOPHISTICATED FOODS THAN ANYBODY
ELSE IN THE WORLD.
OUR FARMERS CAN FEED THE WORLD.
THEY CAN FEED US AND THEY CAN
FEED CHINA.
CHINA KNOWS THAT.
IT ANNOYS THE YOU-KNOW-WHAT OUT
OF XI BUT THIS IS THE WORLD
WE’RE IN.
CHINA DID NOT UPGRADE ITS
FARMING IN THE 20th CENTURY AND
NOW THE YOUNG CHINESE HAVE ALL
MIGRATED TO THE CITIES.
SHANGHAI JUST CONTINUES TO GROW
BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND THEY --
THE YOUNGER CHINESE DON’T WANT
TO BE FARMERS.
THEY HAVE TO BUY THEIR FOOD
SOMEWHERE.
THEY BUY FROM BRAZIL, THEY BUY
FROM US.
THEY JUST DE-LISTED A GERMAN
MEAT PROCESSING PLANT LAST WEEK
AS WELL.
CHINA’S GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW
THEY PLAY THIS GAME, WITH THE
WORLD AND FOOD.
THE SEAFOOD WORLD IS ALL TALKING
TO ONE ANOTHER.
MY CONTACTS TALKED THIS MORNING
WITH PEOPLE IN NORWAY AND THEY
GOT E-MAILS BACK FROM CHILE.
THOSE GOVERNMENTS ARE CRAFTING A
RESPONSE AND THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT IS CRAFTING A
RESPONSE.
IT WILL BE A MEASURED RESPONSE.
BUT IT WILL BE SCIENTIFICALLY
AND MEDICALLY BASED.
LIZ: YEP.
I THINK THAT’S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS THINKING WHEN HE
STRUCK THAT DEAL.
THEY NEED US.
VERY VERY SIGNIFICANTLY.
TOM, GREAT TO SEE YOU.