Australia lifts US beef restrictions slammed by Trump

Despite criticism from US President Donald Trump, Australia has announced that it will remove stringent restrictions on beef imports from the country.

After a “rigorous science and risk-based assessment” revealed that US health risks were being managed on the side of the country, Agriculture Minister Julie Collins declared that the government would remove the biosecurity restrictions.

Our cattle industry has benefited significantly from this, according to a statement from Collins.

Australia, which has some of the toughest biosecurity regulations in the world, has so far refused to accept beef from cattle raised in the US and Canada.

In response to a 2019 outbreak of mad cow disease, Canberra lifted its ban on beef from cows raised and slaughtered in the US.

The action comes after Donald Trump criticizes Australia’s strict tariffs on US beef in his “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2 about sweeping tariffs against dozens of nations.

Trump remarked, “Australia bans, and they’re wonderful people and wonderful everything. But they also ban American beef.”

Trump continued, “They won’t take any of our beef.”

They don’t want it to affect their farmers, and I don’t blame them, but we’re doing it right now, starting at midnight tonight, in my opinion.

Australia, which exports only about 70% of its beef, is one of the main red meat exporters to the US, but it only consumes a small amount of it.

According to government data, Australia exported about 26, 000 tonnes of beef and veal to the US in the first three weeks of July, which has been subject to Trump’s base 10% tariff since April.

The changes would have a minimal impact on the market, according to Meat &amp, Livestock Australia, a producer-owned organization supporting the local beef industry.

Given the high demand for beef in the US, the low US cattle herd, the strength of the Australian dollar, our domestically competitive supply, and most importantly, Australians’ strong preference for high-quality, tasty, and nutritious Australian beef, the company said. “The potential for US beef to be imported into Australia in large volumes is low.