Japan to Resume US Beef Exports Halted by Mad Cow
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US beef exports valued at more than $1.7 billion last year will resume in a matter of weeks after Japan agreed to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a lone case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Tokyo -- Japan agreed Saturday to resume imports of some US beef after a 10- month ban that shut cattle ranchers in the United States out of their most lucrative foreign market.
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Japan announced confirmation of its third case of mad cow disease this year, but a beef industry export official said he doesn&#39;t expect it to impact trade talks between Japan and the United States.
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Japan&#39;s farm minister, Yoshiyuki Kamei, said his nation will continue to demand that the US apply the same standards of testing cattle for mad cow disease that Japan does.
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Canada's latest possible case of mad  cow disease is not expected to cause the United States to  rescind its plans to resume imports of Canadian live cattle, a  U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Thursday.
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Negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its lucrative market late last year over fears of mad cow disease, Japanese and US officials said.
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Talks on resuming US beef imports to Japan hit a new snag when Tokyo rejected Washington's proposals for determining the age of cows to be exempted from tests for mad cow disease, officials said.
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Canada's cattle and beef industries,  battered by the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003, would win  new access to the important U.S. market by this spring under a  plan Washington announced on Wednesday to relax a trade ban.
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Ten U.S. senators introduced a  bipartisan resolution on Thursday that aims to stop a Bush  administration plan to resume on March 7 cattle trade with  Canada that was cut off in mid-2003 over mad cow concerns.
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Japan moved a step closer to partially lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports after a government panel on Tuesday accepted U.S. assurances that a specific grade of U.S. beef would be free of mad cow disease.
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Japan's lucrative market for U.S. beef, ruptured by mad cow disease worries, is likely to remain closed for the rest of this year, U.S. meat industry officials said on Thursday.
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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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US imports to resume in March The USDA ruling also recognizes the country as a minimal-risk region for mad cow disease. By Daniel Goldstein.
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A panel of experts on Monday compiled a report on mad cow disease that paves the way for Japan to drop its current policy to test all cattle, setting the stage for a possible easing of a ban on US beef imports.
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Japan confirmed its 13th mad cow disease on Wednesday, said the health ministry, as the nation is in short of beef supply for the ban of imports from the United States.
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Washington - The US has welcomed an agreement with Japan paving the way for a resumption of imports of US beef, halted in December 2003 following the discovery of a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Washington - The US Department of Agriculture has approved a regulation that allows Canadian ranchers to resume exports of live cattle and more cuts of beef, although there is no date for when that will happen.