Japan, China Take Step Towards Resuming Japanese Beef Exports to China
Japan's farm ministry said on Friday that an animal health and quarantine agreement with China had come into force, paving the way towards the resumption of Japanese beef exports to China that had been halted in 2001.
Beijing has banned beef imports from Japan since an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), popularly known as mad-cow disease, in September 2001.
The move comes as Japanese beef producers face higher tariffs for exports to the United States under President Donald Trump's...
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