Brasília, 1/22/2004 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - This Monday Brazil will begin negotiations with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan regarding the opening of markets there for Brazilian meats. A trade mission led by the secretary of Animal and Plant Defense at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mação Tadano, with representatives of the beef, pork and poultry industry, will explain the animal sanitation situation in Brazil. The three countries have become potential buyers of Brazilian meats following the discovery of mad cow disease in the US. (AB)