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Asia Pacific

U.S., Japan to begin technical meetings on BSE
The United States and Japan will begin a series of technical working group meetings next week to jump-start the resumption of beef trade sometime in the summer, the Agriculture Department said.

Talking Beef Trade
The United States and Japan agree to hold their first BSE technical working group meeting to reopen Japan's beef market.

Americas

Canadian Tories kill call for stiff fines on Cargill, Tyson
Conservative members of Canada's Parliament have blocked the House of Commons from levying massive fines against Cargill and Tyson Foods, which were found to be in contempt of Parliament last week for failing to open their financial records to auditors seeking to find whether they unfairly profited from government aid from last year's bovine spongiform encephalopathy crisis.

Europe

WTO chief urges ministers to press for trade deal
PARIS, May 14 (Reuters) - Trade ministers meeting in Paris must help clinch a crucial global trade deal by sending a clear message to negotiators that they must meet a July deadline, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Friday.

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.

Asia Pacific

U.S., Japan to begin technical meetings on BSE
The United States and Japan will begin a series of technical working group meetings next week to jump-start the resumption of beef trade sometime in the summer, the Agriculture Department said.

Talking Beef Trade
The United States and Japan agree to hold their first BSE technical working group meeting to reopen Japan's beef market.

Americas

Canadian Tories kill call for stiff fines on Cargill, Tyson
Conservative members of Canada's Parliament have blocked the House of Commons from levying massive fines against Cargill and Tyson Foods, which were found to be in contempt of Parliament last week for failing to open their financial records to auditors seeking to find whether they unfairly profited from government aid from last year's bovine spongiform encephalopathy crisis.

Europe

WTO chief urges ministers to press for trade deal
PARIS, May 14 (Reuters) - Trade ministers meeting in Paris must help clinch a crucial global trade deal by sending a clear message to negotiators that they must meet a July deadline, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Friday.

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.