ADVISORY/U.S. Agricultural Products May Enter Japan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1998-- TOPIC: U.S. officials are hoping that a finding by the World Trade Organization will allow American agricultural exporters to enter Japanese markets. A WTO See World Trade Organization. report issued Tuesday found that Japan's testing of agricultural imports is too strict and is scientifically unsound unsound said of an animal, usually a horse, which has been examined for soundness and found to be unsatisfactory. . The U.S. has claimed that Japan was using the test as a means to block exports from the U.S., while Japanese officials maintain the testing is to protect the health of its own plants. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Adesoji O. Adelaja is a professor of economics at Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. and focuses on agricultural economics Agricultural economics originally applied the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock - a discipline known as agronomics. Agronomics was a branch of economics that specifically dealt with land usage. and agricultural policy. Larry Christensen is Vice President of International Trade Content at Vastera, and is conversant CONVERSANT. One who is in the habit of being in a particular place, is said to be conversant there. Barnes, 162. in export/import regulations and international trade. Thomas Osang is a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable isotopes, a museum of paleontology, and a graduate research center. and concentrates on international trade and trade policy. -0- ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. Journalists seeking to interview any of these experts can obtain contact information by visiting the ExpertSource website: http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Virtual Press Club provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com) for more information. |
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