Trump Announces Increased Import Quota for Ground Beef Amid Cattle Industry Concerns
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Trump announced Friday that the United States “will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff” for the next 90 days, and that such product “will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices.” While touted by the president as an effort to reduce ground beef prices for American families, the policy shift was met with concerned pushback from lawmakers representing rural states responsible for U.S. cattle production.
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ABC NewsPresident Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration has reached a "deal" to allow imports of up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef for the next 90 days, easing tariffs and claiming that it's part of an effort to lower the price of ground beef.
NBC NewsOn Friday, the president announced in a post on Truth Social that, “the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff. We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices.”
RealClearPoliticsTrump's plan to allow more foreign beef imports into America will only exacerbate the long-term stock shortage in the cattle industry. Read Full Article ⟶
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"This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again," Trump wrote in his Friday post.
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NBC NewsExplaining his decision, the president pledged that this deal, “will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again.”
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Sen. Tim Sheehy, a Republican from Montana, also cited the hardships American cattle farmers would face as a result of the president’s decision and referred to conversations he’s had with Trump about this issue.
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ABC NewsSeveral Republicans from farm states have come out against the plan. Republican Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy said on Friday that he has advised Trump "against this course of action for a year."
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“The President’s heart is in the right place on wanting lower prices for the American people, and beef prices have been impacted by the Mexican screwworm,” Sheehy wrote on X. “But the reality is this action will make it more difficult for American ranchers to rebuild our herd and bring prices down for the American people. And most importantly, this will harm our ranching families who feed the nation.”
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ABC News"... The reality is this action will make it more difficult for American ranchers to rebuild our herd and bring prices down for the American people. And most importantly, this will harm our ranching families who feed the nation," Sheehy wrote in a social media post.
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Ricketts wrote, “I appreciate the Administration’s work to lower grocery prices. Short term policy shifts do not equal long term solutions. Flooding the market with lower quality beef compromises Nebraska farmers and ranchers.”
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ABC NewsRepublican Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts who is up for reelection this fall, wrote in a social media post that "flooding the market with lower quality beef compromises Nebraska farmers and ranchers."
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01 USA Today I wasn't expecting a miracle, but I had hoped President Donald Trump would make a dent in the national debt. He talked about it enough on the campaign trail.
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02 ABC News Farmers and lawmakers have raised concerns over increasing foreign beef imports.
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03 RealClearPolitics Trump thinks he can buy off voters with lower-priced imported mystery meat? Cattle ranchers aren't happy about it, and we shouldn't be either. Read Full Article ⟶
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04 NBC News House and Senate Republicans on Friday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on ground beef imports, with lawmakers from agricultural states decrying the impact Trump’s decision will have on farmers.
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05 National Review America’s $40 Trillion Nightmare The nation’s finances hit a grim milestone.
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06 The Federalist Beef is a very cyclical industry, largely driven by the fact that it takes nine months to create a new calf, and another year or two (at a minimum) to bring it to market and process it. Because of the difficulty of predicting demand that far out, plus the difficulty of matching supply to that demand, we end up with big swings in prices in every five-to-10-year cycle.
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