By Ryan Hanrahan
The Hill’s Mallory Wilson reported that “President Trump said Friday that tariff-free imported beef will be coming from Brazil and Argentina, among other places, as his administration works to alleviate stubbornly high prices.“
“‘It’s coming from Argentina. It’s coming from Brazil,’ Trump said at an Oval Office event surrounded by ranchers and farmers,” Wilson reported. “‘It’s coming from a couple of other places. We have our inspectors down. It’s very clean. It’s very good.'”
“Trump announced last month that the U.S. would be pausing tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of beef for 90 days to be sold at a 25 percent discount below market price. The president said it would lower costs for Americans while allowing for ranchers to build up their herds,” Wilson reported. “The announcement was quickly criticized by the cattle industry and GOP lawmakers who said that lowering prices for Americans shouldn’t come at the cost of U.S. ranchers.”
“‘We’re doing it in a very limited fashion because our ranchers can handle it, but our ranchers really needed a little bit of help, and our ranchers want the prices to be down too,’ Trump said,” according to Wilson’s reporting.
Source : illinois.edu