Japan to end 10-month ban on beef from US
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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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No end is in sight to Japan's ban on  imports of a U.S. beef, the head of a U.S. beef industry  delegation said on Tuesday after a two-day visit to Japan aimed  at speeding efforts to ease the ban.
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Japan's decision on reopening its market  to U.S. beef will not be affected by the U.S. decision to  reduce its mad cow testing program, although Tokyo still wants  Washington not to do so, Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa  said on Friday.
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Japanese and US officials in Tokyo have reached a framework agreement that should permit the resumption of beef trade between the two countries.
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But it could take five months before any decision is made on dropping a ban on Canadian cattle. WASHINGTON -- American officials started the final review yesterday of draft rules that would end the US cattle
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South Korea agrees to resume US beef shipments, suspended after the discovery of bone fragments led to fresh BSE fears.
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TOKYO Oct 23, 2004 - US and Japanese negotiators tentatively agreed Saturday to ease a 10-month-old ban on American beef exports to Japan, the leader of the US delegation 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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Talks on resuming American beef imports to Japan are not expected to be affected even if the United States confirms a new case of mad cow disease, officials at Japan&#39;s health and farm ministries said on Friday.
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Japan reached a basic agreement with the United States to resume its imports of American beef, despite a mad cow disease scare, pending scientific studies to determine the age of cows.
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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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South Korea banned a third consecutive US beef shipment after discovering tiny bone fragments in the consignment, citing a bilateral accord to combat mad cow disease.
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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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Japan has decided to ease a blanket ban on arms exports to open the way for joint production of a new missile shield with the United States but says it will continue to refrain from most other weapons exports.
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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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South Korea said Thursday that it will lower its quarantine standards this month over banned bone fragments in American beef shipments, paving the way for the resumption of U.S. beef imports.
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TOKYO : Japan is set to propose the partial lifting of a ban on imports of American beef to United States authorities, a news report said.