Day 002 - 29 Jun 94 - Page 30

     
     1        You see, for the paragraph under the one you are on, "The
              power of the US dollar", he said if the implication is
     2        that poor countries export meet to McDonald's, then that
              is false.
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         MR. MORRIS:  Our case is that they do not only use supplies,
     4        not just beef or soya for cattle in the countries where
              they are grown, they use -- beef is exported from country
     5        to country and we have already heard today that they have
              admitted that they have used Brazilian beef in this
     6        country.
 
     7        So, anyway, our general case will be that is generally
              established.  It does not only apply just to beef anyway;
     8        it applies to anything, tomatoes, potatoes, whatever.  It
              is mainly a general point.
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              The third part, they have never used cattle grown on feed
    10        stuff -- Mr. Rampton said they had never used cattle that
              had been raised with feed stuff grown in a Third World
         country, although it is my understanding that Argentina
              may be a Third World country -- it is certainly a South
    12        American country -- and the drift of his argument is that,
              well, it proves our point really, that they are importing
    13        not necessarily directly but they are responsible for that
              kind of international trade to benefit their business.  In
    14        those countries where they operate, their business will
              have an impact on those countries, such as to ensure that
    15        self-sufficient farmers may be displaced.  I mean, in all
              these points we feel we have either the evidence to prove
    16        or that we can show that McDonald's were reckless as to
              the effects of their business on the social fabric of
    17        those countries.
 
    18        In point 4, he seems to think that we were making that the
              McDonald's is indifferent to the -- sorry, I have numbered
    19        the points as Mr. Rampton went through them, which is the
              last sentence in that section above the photograph.
    20         "McDonald's is directly involved in this economic
              imperialism, which keeps most black people poor and hungry
         while many whites grow fat".  Our point would be that the
              whole purpose of US imperialism, the effect of it, is to
    22        create an imbalance of wealth between rich countries and
              poor countries, as is established fair comment; most rich
    23        countries are white and most poor countries are black.
 
    24        The next section is the gross misuse of resources; again
              that really goes into the soya claims.  Our case is that
    25        they have consumed soya in significant amounts.  The
              cattle bound for McDonald's have consumed soya in 
    26        significant amounts, and that has had an impact from where 
              the soya comes from.  It is our case it comes from Brazil, 
    27        but if it comes from Argentina it still has an effect.  It
              is says South American countries mentioned in this
    28        paragraph.  Really that paragraph "Gross Misuse of
              Resources" is talking about the way that food grains are
    29        wasted by being consumed by cattle rather than being grown
              for human consumption.
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              So, I do not think Mr. Rampton is making a big point about