Article: South Korea, United States fail to reach agreement on lifting Seoul's ban on U.S. beef imports


AP Worldstream
04-22-2005
Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
The United States and South Korea have had "productive" discussions in Seoul on ending a ban on U.S. beef imports prompted by concerns over mad cow disease, the head of an American delegation said Friday.

But the statement that emerged from three days of talks that ended Thursday in Seoul was thin on specific details, with both sides agreeing that health concerns for consumers need to be eliminated if the ban is to be lifted. The ban was imposed after a 2003 outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States.

"We had a very productive, a very thorough and focused discussion," Charles Lambert, deputy under secretary of the U.S. Department ...

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