In Role Reversal, China Blocks  Some U.S. Meat
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SHANGHAI, July 15 -- China announced Saturday that it was blocking imports of some U.S. processed meat that showed signs of contamination, turning the tables on critics who in recent months have questioned the safety of Chinese exports and making good on a warning that it would apply greater...
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China has sharply increased inspections of imported U.S. food, escalating a dispute with Washington over product safety and leaving American beef piling up in warehouses and delaying shipments of black pepper and other goods
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Around 78 percent of Americans worry about the safety of Chinese imports, and a quarter have stopped buying food from China, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Japan marked a one-year ban Friday on U.S. beef imports over mad cow fears with little indication of repealing the measure, which has closed a billion-dollar market to American beef producers and ravaged Japanese restaurateurs.
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Foreign media have fuelled unfounded fears about Chinese products, the nation's top quality official has said, as China blocked a U.S. protein powder shipment while the two countries sparred over safety worries.
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BEIJING, May 31 -- China on Thursday strongly contested complaints it is exporting tainted food and other products to the United States, saying controls here are improving and U.S. inspectors have approved 99 percent of its shipments during the past three years.
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GOVERNMENT is not considering reinstating the partial ban on beef imports from the United States, despite federal scientists carrying out investigations into a possible new case of Mad Cow Disease there.
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Investor's Business Daily - The president said he was disappointed that this week&#39;s economic talks failed to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. beef. China &quot;attaches importance&quot; to the resumption of U.S. beef imports, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. But the World Organization for Animal Health classifies the U.S. as a &quot;controlled risk&quot; country for mad cow disease.
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Consumer advocates are raising concerns about whether federal restrictions meant to stop the import of tainted Chinese seafood are strong enough.
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China has rejected shipments of pork kidney from the United States and of spare ribs from Canada after finding traces of a banned growth agent in them, in the latest volley of cross-border accusations over product quality.
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China has seized two fruit shipments from the United States and warned it would apply greater scrutiny to U.S. cargoes, even as it tightens the screws on manufacturers of unsafe food at home.
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The move could defuse a confrontation with the Bush administration, which is considering a limit on clothing imports because of fears that China's textile industry will swamp producers in the United States.
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China blocked a long-planned Thanksgiving visit to Hong Kong by a U.S. aircraft carrier group, then abruptly changed its mind on Thursday.
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The United States and Mexico have argued that Chinaâs tax refunds, reductions and exemptions discriminate against imported products or subsidize Chinese exports.
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China has protested to the United States over its &quot;unacceptable&quot; blockade of fish and shrimp imports, a government website said on Saturday.
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A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Commerce Department from imposing emergency restrictions on imports from China in a move that backs clothing retailers and opposes the wishes of domestic textile producers.
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Chinese food inspectors have banned meat products from seven U.S. companies from being imported into their country after finding a range of contamination issues in shipments checked on Saturday, according to China's official news agency Xinhua.