The lifting of a 15-year export ban on beef to the United States is "fantastic news", said a farming union in Wales.
The US authorities banned European beef imports in the 1990s when concerns were raised over BSE infecting the human food chain.
The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) said lifting the ban was an opportunity to get into a new market.
It added beef and lamb exports to the US could be worth more than £60m a year to farmers in the European Union.
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