Beef row imperils US-Korea trade
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South Korea rejects its first imports of US beef in three years on health grounds, threatening a key trade deal.
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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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U.S. beef that does not meet Japanese safety regulations has been imported into the country and some may have been already sold to consumers, the Japanese government said on late on Saturday.
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Canadian policymakers and industry begin a week-long Asian blitz on Saturday to woo new buyers for its beef after mad cow disease crippled its domestic industry, Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Friday.
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Japan and the United States agreed on  Saturday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since  December after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state,  but did not set a date for restarting trade.
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South Korea lifted a suspension on imports of American beef from two U.S. meat companies Tuesday after the U.S. confirmed that three shipments meant for domestic consumption were exported by mistake, officials said.
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US beef exports to Japan are to resume soon under an agreement reached yesterday to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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WASHINGTON - Taiwan has agreed in principle to resume imports of US beef and beef products, US officials announced Tuesday. In 2003, Taiwan&#39;s purchases of beef and products amounted to some $325 million.
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South Korea eased its stance on inspecting US beef imports, officials said Thursday, as negotiators from the two countries resumed difficult free trade talks here.
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Canada and the United States have failed to reach an agreement on resuming US imports of Canadian live cattle, local press reported Sunday.
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U.S. and Japanese negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its billion-dollar market last year over a mad cow disease scare.
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Japanese imports of U.S. beef totaled   only 105 tonnes in August, the first full month of shipments   since Tokyo reopened the market to meat from the United States,   government data showed on Thursday.
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U.S. beef that does not meet Japanese  safety regulations has been imported into the country and some  may have been already sold to consumers, the Japanese  government said on late on Saturday.
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TOKYO  - Japanese and U.S. officials wrapped up three days of talks  Saturday to lift Tokyo's 10-month-old ban on imports of American beef, reportedly narrowing differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but failing to strike a deal.
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Japan and the U.S. will hold a two-day technical meeting on U.S. beef imports, officials said Monday, amid expectations the talks may pave the way for easing Japan's strict import restrictions.
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U.S. inspectors wrongly allowed an unauthorized company to ship beef to South Korea that now has triggered a wider ban on two major U.S. processors, the Agriculture Department said on Monday.
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Japan and the United States agreed on Saturday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state, but did not set a date for restarting trade.