Japan, U.S. hold talks over lifting beef import ban

Japan, U.S. hold talks over lifting beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - A U.S. delegation, led by David Hegwood (3rd from L), a trade adviser to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, meets with Japanese officials at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on Monday to discuss lifting a ban that Tokyo imposed last week on imports of U.S. beef.

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