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Asia Pacific
Japan slaps emergency tariff on beef, pork imports
Japan said on Tuesday it would slap emergency tariffs on beef and pork imports for eight months from August 1, a move likely to curb domestic consumption and spark a trade spat with major suppliers.
UPDATE 2-Australia slams Japan beef tariff hike
Australia castigated Japan on Tuesday for slapping an emergency tariff on beef and pork imports, which had been rising in response to a recovery by Japanese markets from a domestic mad cow disease crisis.
US needs more talks with Japan, S.Korea on mad cow
The United States will continue talks this week with two of the largest buyers of American beef, Japan and South Korea, on possible U.S. steps to guard against mad cow disease, a U.S. Agriculture Department official said on Monday.
Red Meat Prices Rise for June Quarter
Consumer price index (CPI) figures for the June quarter, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), have shown that while the overall price of food remained unchanged during the June quarter, prices for beef and lamb rose by 2.6 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively.
Americas
Mexico extends safeguards for U.S. leg quarters for five years
The United States and Mexico have implemented a five-year safeguard agreement for U.S. chicken leg quarters exported to Mexico, according to the National Chicken Council. The agreement becomes part of the North American Free Trade Agreement and will return Mexico's import tariff for out-of-quota U.S. chicken leg quarters to the 2001 level of 98.8 percent for this year and will be reduced in equal annual increments until the tariff reaches zero on Jan. 1, 2008.
Europe
UPDATE 3-Pressure mounts for US-EU farm trade deal
The United States and the European Union faced growing pressure on Monday to strike a deal on agricultural issues that have blocked progress in world trade talks launched in late 2001.
USA
FDA mulls new animal feed rules due to mad cow
The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it may require U.S. animal feed manufacturers to adopt new food safety checkpoints as an extra measure to prevent the deadly mad cow disease.
Asia Pacific
Japan slaps emergency tariff on beef, pork imports
Japan said on Tuesday it would slap emergency tariffs on beef and pork imports for eight months from August 1, a move likely to curb domestic consumption and spark a trade spat with major suppliers.
UPDATE 2-Australia slams Japan beef tariff hike
Australia castigated Japan on Tuesday for slapping an emergency tariff on beef and pork imports, which had been rising in response to a recovery by Japanese markets from a domestic mad cow disease crisis.
US needs more talks with Japan, S.Korea on mad cow
The United States will continue talks this week with two of the largest buyers of American beef, Japan and South Korea, on possible U.S. steps to guard against mad cow disease, a U.S. Agriculture Department official said on Monday.
Red Meat Prices Rise for June Quarter
Consumer price index (CPI) figures for the June quarter, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), have shown that while the overall price of food remained unchanged during the June quarter, prices for beef and lamb rose by 2.6 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively.
Americas
Mexico extends safeguards for U.S. leg quarters for five years
The United States and Mexico have implemented a five-year safeguard agreement for U.S. chicken leg quarters exported to Mexico, according to the National Chicken Council. The agreement becomes part of the North American Free Trade Agreement and will return Mexico's import tariff for out-of-quota U.S. chicken leg quarters to the 2001 level of 98.8 percent for this year and will be reduced in equal annual increments until the tariff reaches zero on Jan. 1, 2008.
Europe
UPDATE 3-Pressure mounts for US-EU farm trade deal
The United States and the European Union faced growing pressure on Monday to strike a deal on agricultural issues that have blocked progress in world trade talks launched in late 2001.
USA
FDA mulls new animal feed rules due to mad cow
The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it may require U.S. animal feed manufacturers to adopt new food safety checkpoints as an extra measure to prevent the deadly mad cow disease.