Japan imports of U.S. beef slump after ban lifted
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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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Japan indicated on Tuesday that it was  nearing a decision on dropping its policy of testing all cattle  for mad-cow disease, a move likely to move forward efforts to  ease a nine-month-old ban on U.S. beef imports.
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Lax oversight by the U.S.  Agriculture Department and confused food safety inspectors were  to blame for imports of 42,000 pounds of Canadian beef products  in 2004 that violated a U.S. mad cow disease ban, federal  investigators said on Wednesday.
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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 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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Japan eased a blanket ban on arms exports  on Friday to open the way for joint production of a new missile  shield with the United States, but said it would still refrain  from most other weapons exports.
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TOKYO - US 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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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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The United States voiced optimism that Japan would decide to resume imports of US beef next month.
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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 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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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 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.
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Japan agrees to a partial easing of a 10-month-old ban on beef imports from the United States.
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Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease
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Japan is expected to approve a partial resumption of imports of U.S. beef this week, a news report said Saturday.
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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.