Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted Saturday that U.S. beef is safe to eat and urged South Koreans to accept their government's decision to lift a ban on the products.
Rice also said she hoped the beef controversy won't distract from important issues facing the U.S. and South Korea, most notably the six-nation talks over North Korea's nuclear program.
"In terms of differences that sometimes arise from trade disputes, they are normal in relations between states," Rice told a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan.
Rice arrived in Seoul a day after neighboring North Korea destroyed the cooling tower at …
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