Japan says no impact on TPP talks from US mad cow case

The United States' first reported mad cow disease case in six years will not affect negotiations about Japan's possible membership in a US-led Pacific trade pact, the government said on Wednesday.

In 2011, Japan imported 120,000 tons of US beef, the second-biggest origin after Australia in its imported beef market of 517,000 tons, or $2.59 billion. (Reuters)