Canada-Beef market must be opened.

CANADA-BEEF MARKET MUST BE OPENED.

Canada filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization asking South Korea to lift a ban on Canadian beef exports imposed during an outbreak of mad cow disease. Canada has asked for a consultation on the case, and if that fails, a dispute settlement panel may be needed, Stockwell Day, the trade minister, said in a statement from Ottawa. Before the ban was imposed in 2003, South Korea was the one of the largest markets for Canadian beef, with exports valued at $50 million Canadian dollars ($41 million) a year. South Korea last June reopened its market to beef from the United States.