The prospect of negotiations on banning the import of Chinese poultry announced by Japan is unclear

Lead: China and Japan yesterday started a third round of talks in Tokyo aimed at resolving their trade disputes, Hong Kong Business Daily reported However, shortly before the start of the talks, Japan announced a ban on poultry and livestock imported into a Chinese farm on the grounds of the discovery of chicken plague virus, raising doubts about the outcome of the new round of talks Japan's Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries announced Saturday that it is forbidden to import livestock from a farm in China Japanese authorities said Sunday that they found that the livestock had a kind of chicken plague virus? The virus is most susceptible to infection, but humans do not get infected by eating infected livestock Japanese authorities informed China on Tuesday of the decision to ban imports for up to 90 days if the disease showed signs of spreading, the source said In early June this year, Japan also banned the import of poultry and livestock in China to prevent avian influenza In August, it allowed some poultry and livestock products to be imported The news was released before the start of the third round of negotiations between China and Japan, which once again cast doubt on the outcome of the negotiations An official from Japan's foreign ministry said yesterday afternoon that the two sides have not yet made any decision and said the talks are likely to last for more than a day Japan's minister of economy and industry, Takeo Hiranuma, did not participate in yesterday's negotiations, but he once again stressed the position of the Japanese government, that is, he hoped to solve trade disputes through dialogue During the talks between the two sides in Beijing last week, Chinese Foreign Ministry officials stressed that Japan must first? Take action to eliminate import tariffs on Chinese agricultural products However, it is reported that Japanese manufacturers of towels, chopsticks and bicycles also pointed out that the products were impacted by China's cheap products and were applying for government protection Analysts say Japan's trade war is in fact an attempt to escape the worst post-war economic downturn with protectionism.