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Addressing one raw spot in U.S.-Japanese relations, Rice demanded that Japan end the ban on U.S. beef that has blocked about $1.7 billion in annual exports. The ban was imposed in December 2003 because of a case of mad cow disease in the United States. The two governments have agreed to loosen the ban to exclude cows 20 months or older, but a Japanese panel has taken months to review the decision.

"American meat is safe," Rice said. "There is a global standard on the science involved, and we must not let exceptionalism put at risk our ability to invest and trade our way to even greater shared prosperity."


(ワシントン・ポスト紙より割愛、上智大スピーチで最後の牛肉関連の部分のみ）