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Asia Pacific

Bone in Hong Kong beef shipment 'not a food safety issue'
Although Hong Kong has suspended beef imports from Cargill Meat Solutions' Dodge City, Kan., plant after bone was discovered in a shipment originating there, a Cargill spokesman says the incident was "not a food safety issue."

U.S., China & beef trade
President George W. Bush should use meetings later this month with China to push for resumption of U.S. beef exports, 20 U.S. senators told the administration.

China buys more U.S. soybeans on second day of visit
After announcing purchases of nearly 5.0 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans the day before, a delegation of Chinese importers signed contracts on Friday for an additional 1.86 million metric tons with private U.S. exporters.

Americas

Cattle groups to fight opening Canadian border to animals older than 30 months
After losing one court battle last week in its efforts to keep young Canadian cattle out of the United States due to concerns over mad cow disease, a national cattle producers group is gearing up to fight a proposal to open the border to Canadian cattle over 30 months of age.

Brazil beef exports no threat to Australian markets: producer
There are claims today that Australia will not have to compete with the world's biggest beef exporting country in our key markets for at least a decade.

Europe

EU Urges WTO Countries To Stick To April Deadline
Europe's trade chief urged World Trade Organization members on Monday to step up a gear to hit an April 30 deadline for agreement on key areas of a global trade deal and accused U.S. politicians of undermining the push.

USA

Tyson closes plants due to protests, market conditions
Tyson Foods on Monday closed about 10 plants, mostly red-meat processing plants, due in part to immigration policy protest marches scheduled for Monday afternoon.

U.S. Pork eye swine ID plan
The U.S. pork industry is moving forward with efforts to implement a mandatory swine identification system in advance of the timeframe in the national animal ID implementation plan announced last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Johanns discusses Japan trade issue on AgriTalk
USDA Secretary Mike Johanns gave AgriTalk's Mike Adams an update on beef trade negotiations with Japan and North Korea.

Asia Pacific

Bone in Hong Kong beef shipment 'not a food safety issue'
Although Hong Kong has suspended beef imports from Cargill Meat Solutions' Dodge City, Kan., plant after bone was discovered in a shipment originating there, a Cargill spokesman says the incident was "not a food safety issue."

U.S., China & beef trade
President George W. Bush should use meetings later this month with China to push for resumption of U.S. beef exports, 20 U.S. senators told the administration.

China buys more U.S. soybeans on second day of visit
After announcing purchases of nearly 5.0 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans the day before, a delegation of Chinese importers signed contracts on Friday for an additional 1.86 million metric tons with private U.S. exporters.

Americas

Cattle groups to fight opening Canadian border to animals older than 30 months
After losing one court battle last week in its efforts to keep young Canadian cattle out of the United States due to concerns over mad cow disease, a national cattle producers group is gearing up to fight a proposal to open the border to Canadian cattle over 30 months of age.

Brazil beef exports no threat to Australian markets: producer
There are claims today that Australia will not have to compete with the world's biggest beef exporting country in our key markets for at least a decade.

Europe

EU Urges WTO Countries To Stick To April Deadline
Europe's trade chief urged World Trade Organization members on Monday to step up a gear to hit an April 30 deadline for agreement on key areas of a global trade deal and accused U.S. politicians of undermining the push.

USA

Tyson closes plants due to protests, market conditions
Tyson Foods on Monday closed about 10 plants, mostly red-meat processing plants, due in part to immigration policy protest marches scheduled for Monday afternoon.

U.S. Pork eye swine ID plan
The U.S. pork industry is moving forward with efforts to implement a mandatory swine identification system in advance of the timeframe in the national animal ID implementation plan announced last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Johanns discusses Japan trade issue on AgriTalk
USDA Secretary Mike Johanns gave AgriTalk's Mike Adams an update on beef trade negotiations with Japan and North Korea.