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<blockquote data-quote="Cattle Rack Rancher" data-source="post: 38587" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>As I said:</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>TOKYO, Aug 03, 2004 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- Japan is unhappy at the U.S. government's plan to resume exporting American beef to Japan before removing an import ban on Japanese beef, Japanese government sources said Tuesday. </p><p></p><p>Tokyo views the U.S. plan as disregarding a bilateral agreement to simultaneously resolve the suspension of beef trade between the two countries caused by the outbreak of mad cow disease, the sources said. </p><p></p><p>Japan has halted American beef imports since the first U.S. mad cow case was reported in December in the state of Washington. </p><p></p><p>The United States, for its part, has kept an import ban on Japanese beef as a result of the outbreak in Japan of foot-and-mouth disease in 2000 and of mad cow disease in 2001. </p><p></p><p>The two governments agreed in April that they should strive to reach a conclusion by this summer to resume beef trade. </p><p></p><p>Japan therefore has begun reviewing its blanket testing on all slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease. </p><p></p><p>Recently, the U.S. government sounded Japan out about a plan to resume American beef exports to Japan before lifting the import ban on Japanese beef on the grounds that necessary amendments to food safety rules take a long time, so as to avoid affecting third countries. </p><p></p><p>Japan and the United States have held three expert meetings on the beef trade problems and are due to discuss specific terms to remove their import bans at a meeting of senior government officials later this month. </p><p></p><p>The U.S. plan may affect the coming negotiations especially because the two governments have yet to narrow their differences over the terms for removing the U.S. import ban on Japanese beef.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattle Rack Rancher, post: 38587, member: 245"] As I said: TOKYO, Aug 03, 2004 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- Japan is unhappy at the U.S. government's plan to resume exporting American beef to Japan before removing an import ban on Japanese beef, Japanese government sources said Tuesday. Tokyo views the U.S. plan as disregarding a bilateral agreement to simultaneously resolve the suspension of beef trade between the two countries caused by the outbreak of mad cow disease, the sources said. Japan has halted American beef imports since the first U.S. mad cow case was reported in December in the state of Washington. The United States, for its part, has kept an import ban on Japanese beef as a result of the outbreak in Japan of foot-and-mouth disease in 2000 and of mad cow disease in 2001. The two governments agreed in April that they should strive to reach a conclusion by this summer to resume beef trade. Japan therefore has begun reviewing its blanket testing on all slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease. Recently, the U.S. government sounded Japan out about a plan to resume American beef exports to Japan before lifting the import ban on Japanese beef on the grounds that necessary amendments to food safety rules take a long time, so as to avoid affecting third countries. Japan and the United States have held three expert meetings on the beef trade problems and are due to discuss specific terms to remove their import bans at a meeting of senior government officials later this month. The U.S. plan may affect the coming negotiations especially because the two governments have yet to narrow their differences over the terms for removing the U.S. import ban on Japanese beef. [/QUOTE]
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