At the same time, Japan can and should continue to develop nuclear power technology and safety and actively export its technology to overseas markets.

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The collapse is the latest in a series of deadly incidents that have focused global attention on safety standards in Bangladesh's export garment industry, which is the second biggest after China's.

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But as the country's garment sector has boomed, turning into its biggest export earner, concerns about safety have risen.

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It is not surprising that the summit did little about biofuels, export bans or social-safety nets (which it hardly discussed).

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In 2008, for instance, when the European Union restricted Brazilian meat, alleging breeders weren't complying with EU traceability measures, JBS took advantage of its Australian subsidiary to export to Europe. (Brazilian beef exports to the EU resumed in 2009.) No Brazilian meat producer can export cuts to the U.S. because of U.S. safety rules.

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