Japan farm minister won't ease beef rule for U.S
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Japan's new Agriculture Minister   Toshikatsu Matsuoka said on Wednesday he would follow the   stance set by his predecessor of rejecting a U.S. proposal to   start discussions on easing beef trade rules later this year.
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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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Agriculture Secretary nominee Mike Johanns will draw sharp questions from Midwestern lawmakers about the U.S. decision to reopen its borders to Canadian beef despite a second case of mad cow disease in Alberta.
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Japan on Thursday announced the resumption of U.S. beef imports, ending a ban imposed over concerns about mad cow disease and removing a strain in relations with Washington.
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EDMONTON (CP) - The push to convince the United States to reopen its border to live Canadian cattle shouldn't be affected by Monday's resignation of U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, industry leaders say.
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The Agriculture Department will not allow meat from older cattle when it expands U.S. imports of Canadian beef on March 7, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government and farmers are rejecting the prospect of a mass cull to protect the cattle industry from mad cow disease and to restore international confidence in Canadian beef.
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TOKYO (DTN) -- Here&#39;s the good news on the high-level US-Japan mad cow talks last week in Tokyo: Japan (in principle) will lift a ban on US beef that was put in place last December after the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was
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10/23/04- Japan will soon import US beef again. This follows a tentative agreement between America and Japan to end a 10-month ban after concerns of Mad Cow Disease.
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The United States and South Korea failed to narrow differences this week over Seoul's rejection of American beef imports for containing banned bone fragments, South Korea said Friday.
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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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South Korea rejected a third batch of U.S. beef, this time from Iowa, after bone chips the size of pea were found in a package, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday, adding it plans to return the 10.2-ton shipment.
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Japan will go ahead with food aid to  North Korea despite its dissatisfaction with Pyongyang's  failure to clarify the fate of Japanese citizens kidnapped  decades ago, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on  Wednesday.
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TOKYO - Japan could stop testing newborn and younger cows for mad cow disease without posing a risk to public health, a special panel decided Monday, in a ruling that could influence talks to lift Tokyo's ban on American beef imports.    Japan shut its doors to U.S...
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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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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 agreed Saturday to resume imports of some American beef after a 10-month ban that shut United States cattle ranchers out of their most lucrative foreign market.