Insights and Stories on U.S. Beef

Sep. 26, 2019 at 4:35 pm CDT

Tokyo/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef exporters, unhappy after President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral trade pact in 2017, stand to sell more meat in Japan after the U.S. leader and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cut a deal to slice into tariffs. But agriculture experts say that […]

By Kaori Kaneko, Linda Sieg, Tom Polansek

May. 17, 2019 at 6:22 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Japan has agreed to eliminate its long-held restrictions on U.S. beef imports, opening full access to U.S. cattle products after more than 15 years, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement on Friday. “The new terms, which take effect immediately, allow […]

By Reuters

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:49 pm CST

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan is considering scrapping import restrictions on U.S. beef purchases that were put in place after the first case of BSE in the U.S. in 2003, local media reported on Thursday. Both the Nikkei business daily and Mainichi newspaper said officials are discussing removing the curbs […]

By Reuters

Oct. 19, 2018 at 7:06 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries agreed on Friday to allow negotiations to start with Washington on increasing U.S. beef imports into Europe, in a move that could ease transatlantic trade tensions. The Commission, which negotiates on behalf of the 28 EU nations, said it would open formal talks […]

By Reuters

Apr. 4, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, after bargain buying reversed earlier losses following China’s proposed tariff increase on U.S. beef, said traders. China listed beef and other U.S. goods that may incur a 25 per cent duty by the end of May if […]

By Reuters