China to resume Japanese beef imports after 24-year hiatus

Japan's government said Friday China completed a key step toward resuming Japanese beef imports, paving the way for their restart after a 24-year hiatus.China's completion of its domestic quarantine procedure came after Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng held talks with a senior Japanese ruling party lawmaker earlier in the day.The vice premier, a close aide to President Xi Jinping, told Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, that China would soon validate a pact signed by the two countries in 2019, a prerequisite for beef shipments to resume, according to diplomat…READ FULL ARTICLE