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US Urges Japan Not To Raise Tariffs On Beef Imports-Kyodo
The United States urged Japan on Monday not to impose emergency measures to curb beef imports from the U.S. and other countries as expected later this year, Kyodo News reported.

 

Five Beef Nations to Fight Snapback
Delegation to be sent to Japan from leading beef trading nations in a bid to prevent rise in tariffs.

 

Australia beef exports to fall in 2003/04-ABARE
CANBERRA, March 4 (Reuters) - The value of Australia's beef and veal exports will fall five percent to A$3.5 billion ($2.1 billion) in 2003/04 from A$3.7 billion this year, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) projected on Tuesday.

 

South Korea's Appetite for U.S. Meat Spurred by Economic Turnaround
When the Asian currency crisis hit South Korea in 1997, demand for US red meat began to plunge. The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), however, notes that the country's appetite for red meat has improved amid an economic turnaround.

 

Australia Says Farm Access to US Will Be Key to Free Trade Talks

Australia said greater access to US markets for its farm exports would be the key issue in negotiations on a free trade agreement with the US that get underway this month.

 

Europe

 

New BSE cases found in Europe
Two new cases of BSE discovered in Spain and one in Denmark.

 

USA

 

Five Nations Meet on Beef Issues
03/03/2003 Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA and Mexico reaffirm their commitment to trade liberalisation

 

USDA begins new meat testing to prevent mad cow
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Federal meat inspectors on Monday began routine testing for tiny bits of spinal cord and brain tissue in meat at processing plants as an extra safeguard against the deadly mad cow disease, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.