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Japan to impose emergency tariffs on pork imports
TOKYO, July 29 (Reuters) - Japan will impose emergency tariffs on pork imports from August as the volume of imports in the second quarter of this year exceeded the government-set limit of 207,038 tonnes, a Finance Ministry official said on Monday. Australia meat plant closure rocks industry-CCA
SYDNEY, July 29 (Reuters) - Closure of Australia's second-biggest meat processing works at Rockhampton in northern Queensland state was a major setback for Australia's A$4 billion ($2 billion) a year beef export trade, cattle producers said. Two year estimate for US-Australian free trade
A free trade agreement between Australia and the United States could be in place in two years, after the US Free trade negotiators target beef, sugar and dairy
Federal Government negotiators will target three main agricultural industries in negotiations for a free

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