Efforts Underway to Expand Beef Trade With Japan

US - USDA Secretary Mike Johanns will meet with Japan's agriculture minister in Washington D.C. this week to discuss efforts to expand U.S. beef exports. The agenda for the meeting to take place on Thursday includes beef trade, but was also designed to help the two officials get to know each other better.

2 August 2007

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North America

The Bush Administration has made it a priority to convince Japan to accept a broader range of U.S. beef exports. Last year, Japan partially lifted the ban on U.S. beef, that was put in place in 2003 when the first mad cow disease popped up in the U.S.

Source: Wisconsin Ag Connection