Brazil in talks for beef shipments to Japan in threat to US

Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, is in advanced talks to begin shipments to Japan, according to a major industry group, in a move that may hurt US sales to the Asian nation. Brazil has provided Japan with information about its production system and shipments for two decades, and now the industry is optimistic that the world’s third-biggest importer of the meat will finally open its market, according to Roberto Perosa, who formerly served in the country’s agriculture ministry and is the current president of the Brazilian Association of Beef Exporters. "There are no longer any sanitary issues in Brazil,” Perosa said in an interview.