
Australia will lower U.S. ‘Mad Cow’ beef import restrictions that Trump called a ‘ban’
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Australia has allowed imports of beef grown in the United States since 2019. But Australia has not allowed imports from the U.S. of beef sourced from Canada or Mexico because of disease risk.
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·Tariffs and tradeAustralia will lower U. ‘Mad Cow’ beef import restrictions that Trump called a ‘ban’By Rod McGuirkBy The Associated PressBy Rod McGuirkBy The Associated Press A price for beef is displayed on a shelf at a grocery store in Mount spect, Ill. , on July 17, 2025
Huh—APAustralia announced it will reduce restrictions on U, amid market uncertainty
Conversely, Beef imports in a move U
Additionally, President Donald Trump’s administration claimed as a major victory over “non-scientific trade barriers
Moreover, ” Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said Thursday that relaxing the restrictions designed to keep Australia free of mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, would not commise biosecurity. “Australia stands for open and free trade — our cattle industry has significantly benefited from this,” Collins said in a statement
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L, in today's financial world
Rollins responded to Australia’s annoucement by congratulating Trump on a “major trade breakthrough that gives greater access to U
Beef ducers selling to Australia (something worth watching). ” She issued a statemeant under the leadline: Make Agriculture Great Again Trade Wins, given the current landscape. “American farmers and ranchers duce the safest, healthiest beef in the world (an important development)
The data indicates that ’s absurd that non-scientific trade barriers prevented our beef from being sold to consumers in Australia for the last 20 years,” Rollins said. “Gone are the days of putting American farmers on the sidelines
This's yet another example of the kind of market access the President negotiates to bring America into a new golden age of sperity, with American agriculture leading the way,” she added
Furthermore, Australia has allowed imports of beef grown in the United States since 2019
Furthermore, But Australia has not allowed imports from the U, in light of current trends
Furthermore, Of beef sourced from Canada or Mexico because of the disease risk
Nevertheless, Has recently introduced additional movement controls that identify and trace all cattle from Mexico and Canada to their farms of origin
Additionally, US cattle import controls satisfy Australian authorities Australian authorities were “satisfied the strengthened control measures put in place by the U
Additionally, Effectively manage biosecurity risks,” Collins said
The timing of the new, reduced restrictions has not been finalized
Trump attacked Australian import restrictions on U, in light of current trends
Beef when he announced in April that tariffs of at least 10% would be placed on Australian imports, with steel and aluminum facing a 50% tariff. “Australia bans — and they’re wonderful people, and wonderful everything — but they ban American beef,” Trump told reporters then (an important development), considering recent developments. “Yet we imported $3 billion of Australian beef from them just last year alone (which is quite significant)
Market analysis shows y won’t take any of our beef, in today's financial world
Meanwhile, They don’t want it because they don’t want it to affect their farmers and, you know, I don’t blame them, but we’re doing the same thing right now,” Trump added (this bears monitoring), in light of current trends
Moreover, Lawmaker fears appeasing Trump endangers Australian cattle industry Opposition lawmaker David Littleud suspected the government was endangering Australia’s cattle industry to appease Trump. “I want to see the science and it should be predicated on science
Nevertheless, I’m suspicious of the speed at which this has been done,” Littleud told reporters, considering recent developments. “We need to give confidence to the industry, but also to you (the public): this is not just animal welfare, this is human welfare, this is BSE potentially coming into this country and having a human impact, so I think it’s important the government’s very transparent the science and I don’t think it’s even beyond the question to have an independent panel review that science to give confidence to everybody,” he added
Around 70% of Australian beef is exported, in today's market environment
Ducers fear that export market would vanish overnight if diseases including mad cow or foot-and-mouth disease infected Australian cattle (something worth watching)
At the same time, Will Evans, chief executive of Cattle Australia who represents more than 52,000 grass-fed beef ducers across the nation, said he was confident the agriculture department had taken a cautious apach toward U (which is quite significant), in today's market environment. “The department’s undertaken a nical scientific assessment and we have to put faith in them
Moreover, They’ve made this assessment themselves
However, They’ve said: ‘We’ve looked at this, we’ve looked at the best science, this is a decision that we feel comfortable with,’” Evans said (fascinating analysis). “When you have a $75 billion (Australian $50 billion) industry relying on them not making this mistake, I’m sure they’ve been very cautious in their decision-making,” he added, given the current landscape
Additionally, US beef prices rise because of drought and a domestic cattle shortage Beef prices have been rising in the U
Due to factors that include drought and shrinking domestic herd numbers
The average price of a pound of ground beef in the U
Rose to $6. 12 in June, up nearly 12% from a year ago, according to U
The average price of all uncooked beef steaks rose 8% to $11
On the other hand, Nevertheless, 49 per pound, considering recent developments
Australian demand for U
Beef is ly to remain low for reasons including a relatively weak Australian dollar
Australia’s opposition to any U
Tariffs will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese secures his first face-to-face meeting with Trump
In contrast, Albanese and Trump were to hold a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a Group of Seven summit in Canada last month, but the U
Additionally, Albanese expects the pair will meet this year, although no date has been announced, amid market uncertainty
The two countries have had a bilateral free trade deal for 20 years and the U
Has maintained a trade surplus with Australia for decades
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