Animal Ag Beefs: For too long governments have resigned themselves to incurring the illegal trade practices of others on the basis that negotiation is better than interminable litigation. That sentiment changed dramatically in 2012. The latest is Brazil's rightful threat of WTO dispute settlement action against countries that have banned its beef due to a non-classic case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) even as the OIE maintains a negligible risk rating on the country. And the EU has just announced that it will step up its efforts to enforce trade agreements. Minnesota poultry growers can finally export chicken to China after Beijing lifted a more-than-year-long ban it had put in place due to a low pathogenic avian influenza out...