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Asia Pacific
Aussie lamb exports to Japan surge
Sales of Australian lamb to Japan are up 38 percent thanks in part to the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States and bird flu in Asia, and Australian officials are predicting that if the market continues to grow, Japan could become the second-most lucrative export destination.
Budget Boosted
Australia allocates $11.3 million to implement livestock trade reform recommendations.
Europe
EU floats beef, ethanol offer in Mercosur talks
BRUSSELS, May 13 (Reuters) - European Union negotiators have suggested an extra import quota of top-quality beef from South America's Mercosur trade bloc as part of an ambitious deal which should be sealed by October, officials said on Thursday.
Zoellick optimistic WTO can meet July deal deadline
PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. trade chief Robert Zoellick on Thursday gave the World Trade Organisation a better than even chance of hitting a July deadline for crucial deals on lowering global barriers to business.
E.U. countries facing new COOL labeling
Europe's governments have turned their noses up at a European Union proposal to scrap labels like "British beef" and replace them with an "EU origin" logo.
Beef Labeling Review
Ireland’s agriculture minister presses for increased beef labeling requirements.
USA
United States and Japan To Hold First BSE Technical Working Group Meeting
The United States and Japan will begin a series of technical working group meetings next week with the objective of resuming beef trade between the two countries in the summer. The first meeting will be held May 18 and 19, in Tokyo with subsequent meetings to be held in June and July.
Talking Beef Trade
The United States and Japan agree to hold their first BSE technical working group meeting to reopen Japan's beef market.
Asia Pacific
Aussie lamb exports to Japan surge
Sales of Australian lamb to Japan are up 38 percent thanks in part to the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States and bird flu in Asia, and Australian officials are predicting that if the market continues to grow, Japan could become the second-most lucrative export destination.
Budget Boosted
Australia allocates $11.3 million to implement livestock trade reform recommendations.
Europe
EU floats beef, ethanol offer in Mercosur talks
BRUSSELS, May 13 (Reuters) - European Union negotiators have suggested an extra import quota of top-quality beef from South America's Mercosur trade bloc as part of an ambitious deal which should be sealed by October, officials said on Thursday.
Zoellick optimistic WTO can meet July deal deadline
PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. trade chief Robert Zoellick on Thursday gave the World Trade Organisation a better than even chance of hitting a July deadline for crucial deals on lowering global barriers to business.
E.U. countries facing new COOL labeling
Europe's governments have turned their noses up at a European Union proposal to scrap labels like "British beef" and replace them with an "EU origin" logo.
Beef Labeling Review
Ireland’s agriculture minister presses for increased beef labeling requirements.
USA
United States and Japan To Hold First BSE Technical Working Group Meeting
The United States and Japan will begin a series of technical working group meetings next week with the objective of resuming beef trade between the two countries in the summer. The first meeting will be held May 18 and 19, in Tokyo with subsequent meetings to be held in June and July.
Talking Beef Trade
The United States and Japan agree to hold their first BSE technical working group meeting to reopen Japan's beef market.