U.S., Japan make beef safeguard agreement official

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Japanese Ambassador Koji Tomita on Thursday signed an agreement to increase U.S. beef safeguard trigger levels under the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement. “The new safeguard mechanism will allow our exporters to meet Japan's growing demand for high-quality U.S. beef while creating greater certainty and predictability for our producers and our exporters,” Tai said on Thursday at a signing ceremony. “Last year, the United States was the top beef exporting country in the world. The value...