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China customs briefly renews registrations for hundreds of US beef processors

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It was a rollercoaster of a day for US beef exporters. On May 14, the Chinese customs (GAC) portal briefly updated registrations for hundreds of American beef processors to "effective."

Hopes were high that the US and China had struck a deal to restore market access for the large swath of US meat e...