Asia Pacific | S.Korea says not ready to lift ban on Canada beefSEOUL, Jan 1...
Asia Pacific
S.Korea says not ready to lift ban on Canada beef
SEOUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Korea is not ready to lift its eight-month-old ban on the import of Canadian beef sparked by mad cow disease concerns, Seoul's top agriculture official told his visiting Canadian counterpart on Monday.
U.S. must check all cattle for BSE as condition for lifting beef ban
The government is willing to lift its ban on beef imports from the United States if Washingtonfollows Japanese procedures and tests all cattle for mad cow disease before shipping the meat, officials said.
Japanese Mission Meets US Agriculture Officials to Discuss Bse Outbreak
A Japanese fact-finding mission held talks on Sunday [11 January] with agriculture officials in the state of Washington, where the first case of mad cow disease in the United States was discovered late last month.
South Korean, Canadian Agriculture Ministers to Discuss Bse
The agriculture ministers of South Korea and Canada will hold talks on mad cow disease starting from 2 p.m.local time after it was confirmed the recent US case involved a dairy cow from Canada, according to South Korean officials Monday 12 January.
Americas
Americas Summit Set to Open
Mexican President Vicente Fox and President Bush will meet privately today on immigration, border security, and economic issues.
USA
Deadline Extended
U.S. Supreme Court gives parties more time to prepare arguements for the beef checkoff case.
Mad cow cloud over livestock show
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- One of the nation's biggest and most prestigious livestock shows is kicking off under the shadow of the mad cow scare, but ranchers see opportunity in adversity: They want to use the event to dispel fears about the brain-wasting disease.
FACTBOX-U.S seeks to revive world trade talks
GENEVA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick urged World Trade Organisation (WTO) states to redouble efforts to restart free trade talks, but warned the European Union that scrapping export subsidies was the price of success.
RPT-Mad cow impact to last months-US farm leader
HONOLULU, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Ranchers will suffer lower cattle prices "for some time to come" due to the first U.S. case of mad cow disease despite America's unwavering appetite for hamburgers, steaks, ribs and roasts, the head of the largest U.S. farm group said on Sunday.
US mad cow case to cut 2004 cattle prices - USDA
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The loss of export markets for U.S. beef following last month's discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States will significantly lower cattle prices in 2004, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.
US seeks fresh start for stalled WTO trade talks
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Sunday urged members of the World Trade Organization to restart stalled international trade talks, a U.S. official said.
USA: Cargill's Excel announces layoffs after US BSE case cuts beef demand
US beef producer Excel Corp, a subsidiary of agribusiness Cargill, has said it has laid off up to 7% of its workforce at five US beef plants in response to lower beef demand caused by the discovery of a case of BSE, or mad cow disease, in Washington state in December.
USDA to focus BSE investigation on other herds
After a herd of 449 bull calves, which included an offspring of the infected cow, were killed as a precaution and buried in a landfill in southern Washington, Agriculture Department officials have turned their attention toward other cattle that entered the country from Canada with the infected Holstein.
Asia Pacific
S.Korea says not ready to lift ban on Canada beef
SEOUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Korea is not ready to lift its eight-month-old ban on the import of Canadian beef sparked by mad cow disease concerns, Seoul's top agriculture official told his visiting Canadian counterpart on Monday.
U.S. must check all cattle for BSE as condition for lifting beef ban
The government is willing to lift its ban on beef imports from the United States if Washingtonfollows Japanese procedures and tests all cattle for mad cow disease before shipping the meat, officials said.
Japanese Mission Meets US Agriculture Officials to Discuss Bse Outbreak
A Japanese fact-finding mission held talks on Sunday [11 January] with agriculture officials in the state of Washington, where the first case of mad cow disease in the United States was discovered late last month.
South Korean, Canadian Agriculture Ministers to Discuss Bse
The agriculture ministers of South Korea and Canada will hold talks on mad cow disease starting from 2 p.m.local time after it was confirmed the recent US case involved a dairy cow from Canada, according to South Korean officials Monday 12 January.
Americas
Americas Summit Set to Open
Mexican President Vicente Fox and President Bush will meet privately today on immigration, border security, and economic issues.
USA
Deadline Extended
U.S. Supreme Court gives parties more time to prepare arguements for the beef checkoff case.
Mad cow cloud over livestock show
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- One of the nation's biggest and most prestigious livestock shows is kicking off under the shadow of the mad cow scare, but ranchers see opportunity in adversity: They want to use the event to dispel fears about the brain-wasting disease.
FACTBOX-U.S seeks to revive world trade talks
GENEVA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick urged World Trade Organisation (WTO) states to redouble efforts to restart free trade talks, but warned the European Union that scrapping export subsidies was the price of success.
RPT-Mad cow impact to last months-US farm leader
HONOLULU, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Ranchers will suffer lower cattle prices "for some time to come" due to the first U.S. case of mad cow disease despite America's unwavering appetite for hamburgers, steaks, ribs and roasts, the head of the largest U.S. farm group said on Sunday.
US mad cow case to cut 2004 cattle prices - USDA
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The loss of export markets for U.S. beef following last month's discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States will significantly lower cattle prices in 2004, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.
US seeks fresh start for stalled WTO trade talks
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Sunday urged members of the World Trade Organization to restart stalled international trade talks, a U.S. official said.
USA: Cargill's Excel announces layoffs after US BSE case cuts beef demand
US beef producer Excel Corp, a subsidiary of agribusiness Cargill, has said it has laid off up to 7% of its workforce at five US beef plants in response to lower beef demand caused by the discovery of a case of BSE, or mad cow disease, in Washington state in December.
USDA to focus BSE investigation on other herds
After a herd of 449 bull calves, which included an offspring of the infected cow, were killed as a precaution and buried in a landfill in southern Washington, Agriculture Department officials have turned their attention toward other cattle that entered the country from Canada with the infected Holstein.