The Australian government has finally announced it will remove tough restrictions on fresh U.S. beef imports after months-long internal debate over how to respond to the Trump administration’s tariff regime.
In April, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his administration’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs that saw countries like Australia hit with a 10 percent tariff on all goods going to America.
A major bone of contention from U.S. producers has been Australia’s biosecurity restrictions that have held up U.S. beef for about 20 years.
In 2003, U.S. beef imports were barred after a single case of mad cow disease was discovered. This ban was finally lifted in 2019, however, another issue was the origin of U.S. beef, with herds often using Canadian and Mexican cattle….