Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi attend a meeting in Tokyo, Japan, November 25, 2019. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS
November 25, 2019
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and China have signed an animal health and quarantine agreement, a key step towards the resumption of Japanese beef exports to its Asian neighbor, Japan’s foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday.
Motegi was speaking to reporters after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
Beijing has banned Japanese beef imports since an outbreak of mad-cow disease in 2001.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Kim Coghill)
