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vice president JD Vance Was “bombarded” with questions about the President donald trumpIs new beef deal with argentina during lunch with Republican senators on Tuesday, according to a report.
According to Andrew Desidero of Punchbowl News, Vance was told by at least one unnamed senator attending the weekly policy gathering that the deal was an “insult” to American livestock farmers, where concerns were raised over the impact on constituents in rural districts amid rising beef prices, who cited “several attendees”. post on x About the opportunity.
Desidero reported that the VP was so besieged that he at one stage attempted to defuse the tension by jokingly asking: “Doesn’t anyone have questions about the beef?”
The Trump administration announced last week that it would quadruple low-tariff imports of Argentine beef as part of an effort to reduce grocery store beef prices at home, which have surged recently due to strong consumer demand and tight cattle supplies caused by a summer drought that has led to burning of pasture land and rising feed costs.
Increasing the tariff rate quota on Argentine beef to 80,000 metric tons will allow the country to send more beef to the US at a lower tariff rate. This gesture also represents a favor towards the President of the country, xavier mileyWhom Trump has befriended and recently bailed them out with a $20 billion currency swap.
The Agriculture Department also announced a plan to expand domestic cattle herds and support American cattlemen, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Fox Business morning with maria Last Wednesday the administration is working to help American consumers and producers at the same time.
“There’s frustration on both sides,” Rollins said. “And I was with the President yesterday and he’s very disappointed by it [of] “Everything he’s done to cut taxes, reduce costs.”
The move to increase imports has really angered America’s cattle farmers, a demographic that overwhelmingly supported Trump in last year’s presidential election. They argue that the administration should specifically support domestic businesses rather than increasing imports from competing countries that threaten their livelihoods.
Given Trump’s heightened stature, the president’s financial support for Argentina has also been unpopular. Tariff has inspired a rival superpower on China Look to South America for soybeansCausing more harm to American farmers.
“Such a big deal with Argentina would undermine the foundation of our cattle industry,” Said Justin Tupper is president of the United States Cattlemen’s Association and a South Dakota cattleman himself.
in the middle republican Senate majority leader to publicly express concern about Trump’s actions john thuneAlso of South Dakota, who told reporters last Thursday that he was concerned about the influx of Argentine beef and said he hoped to influence the implementation of the policy.
“We’re paying close attention to this and we’re in contact with the White House, the Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Trade Representative on all these things and trying to figure out where this is going,” Thune said.
Nebraska Republican Representative Adrian Smith said he was also concerned about the incoming imports, saying: “Policies and statements that unduly influence and undermine the domestic cattle market threaten our domestic food security and are not helpful.”
Trump himself has responded angrily and defensively Of the unhappiness expressed, Truth writes on Social: “The cattle ranchers I love don’t understand that the only reason they are doing so well for the first time in decades is because I put a tariff on cattle coming into the United States, including a 50 percent tariff on Brazil.
“If it weren’t for me, they would be doing the same as they have done for the last 20 years – terrible! It would be nice if they understood this, but they would also have to lower their prices, because the consumer is a huge factor in my thinking too!”