US urges Japan to ease cattle ages restrictions
The United States Administration is stepping up pressure on Japan to ease age restrictions on its beef.
The move comes ahead of an international panel's findings, that the US is largely free of mad cow disease.
US Trade representative's office spokeswoman Gretchen Hamel denies a Japan Times story that the US has asked Tokyo to set a concrete deadline to fully reopen its market - now largely controlled by Australia.
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The move comes ahead of an international panel's findings, that the US is largely free of mad cow disease.
US Trade representative's office spokeswoman Gretchen Hamel denies a Japan Times story that the US has asked Tokyo to set a concrete deadline to fully reopen its market - now largely controlled by Australia.
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