Brussels, 06/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has welcomed Japan's decision to lift non-tariff trade barriers on its market ahead of free-trade negotiations.
On 1 February, Japan officially authorised the import of beef meat from animals aged less than 30 months old from France and the Netherlands. This effectively puts an end to the embargo introduced during the bovine spongiform encephalopathy crisis (BSE, also known as “mad cow disease”) in 2001. This gesture was...