US set to ease Canadian beef ban

Washington: The White House was expected to lay out how the United States will begin easing its ban on Canadian beef imports in a briefing with US meat groups yesterday, industry officials said.

The private briefing, led by White House agriculture adviser Chuck Conner, was set to be a heads-up before a public announcement next week, the sources said.

“We anticipate it will be spelled out what the parameters of an agreement among the countries involved to reopen the border between the US and Canada will consist of,” a US meat industry official said. “It’s a heads up for an announcement that will take place next week.”