Koizumi visit key to lifting beef ban: U.S. trade group head

Koizumi visit key to lifting beef ban: U.S. trade group head

BRISBANE, Australia - Philip Seng, president of the nonprofit U.S. Meat Export Federation, said in a recent interview with Kyodo News and other media that Japan and the United States should strike a deal over a dispute over Tokyo's U.S. beef import ban before Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits Washington in June.

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