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Asia PacificS. Korea to stop beef imports from Nebraska slaughterhouseSouth ...

Published: Dec 04, 2006

Asia Pacific
S. Korea to stop beef imports from Nebraska slaughterhouse
South Korea said Friday it would suspend imports of American beef from a U.S. slaughterhouse after government inspectors found three pieces of bone in a shipment.

'Gyudon' returns for lunch hours
Fast-food chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. has resumed daily sales of "gyudon" rice bowls topped with seasoned U.S. beef at its 1,000 outlets, some four months after the ban on U.S. beef imports was lifted.

United States
Baucus says beef policy critical for him to support trade pact
The next chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sliced into a T-bone steak here Sunday and said he cannot support a free-trade agreement between the United States and Korea, if Korea does not lift restrictions on imports of U.S. beef.

U.S. ranchers want to halt all beef trade with South Korea
Cattle ranchers want the U.S. government to halt beef trade with South Korea because the country is blocking shipments from a meatpacker in the state of Kansas.

US meat sector blasts S. Korea for rejecting beef
U.S. beef producers and packers on Friday excoriated South Korea for rejecting a second shipment of U.S. beef, accusing Seoul of stalling a week before talks on a proposed free trade deal.

Japan trade mission probes opportunities
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman received an upbeat assessment Friday of future Nebraska trade prospects with Japan.

Asia Pacific
S. Korea to stop beef imports from Nebraska slaughterhouse
South Korea said Friday it would suspend imports of American beef from a U.S. slaughterhouse after government inspectors found three pieces of bone in a shipment.

'Gyudon' returns for lunch hours
Fast-food chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. has resumed daily sales of "gyudon" rice bowls topped with seasoned U.S. beef at its 1,000 outlets, some four months after the ban on U.S. beef imports was lifted.

United States
Baucus says beef policy critical for him to support trade pact
The next chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sliced into a T-bone steak here Sunday and said he cannot support a free-trade agreement between the United States and Korea, if Korea does not lift restrictions on imports of U.S. beef.

U.S. ranchers want to halt all beef trade with South Korea
Cattle ranchers want the U.S. government to halt beef trade with South Korea because the country is blocking shipments from a meatpacker in the state of Kansas.

US meat sector blasts S. Korea for rejecting beef
U.S. beef producers and packers on Friday excoriated South Korea for rejecting a second shipment of U.S. beef, accusing Seoul of stalling a week before talks on a proposed free trade deal.

Japan trade mission probes opportunities
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman received an upbeat assessment Friday of future Nebraska trade prospects with Japan.