Republicans criticized Trump's beef tariff reduction. "It's worse than socialism!"
The measure allows up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef into the U.S. without the out-of-quota tariff for 90 days.
laupäev, 22. august 2026 09:07
Two Republicans pushed back Friday against the Trump administration's temporary tariff relief for imported ground beef, a move aimed at lowering prices for U.S. consumers ahead of the midterm elections, The Hill reported.
President Trump announced in a Truth Social post Friday morning that he had finalized “a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families.” He said his administration will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported without an “out-of-quota tariff” in the next 90 days.
The imported product would be sold at 25 percent below market price. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, called the move a “slap in the face to American cattlemen & consumers.”
“Worse than socialism! Dumping foreign beef in U.S. markets can temporarily lower prices but it won’t incentivize American farmers to raise more beef,” Massie wrote on social media. He urged the administration to restore labels identifying the countries products were imported from.
Massie also called on Congress to pass his Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act, known as the PRIME Act. The measure would permit states to allow farmers and ranchers to slaughter livestock at local slaughterhouses and reduce reliance on select meat processing centers approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia also criticized the decision, accusing the Trump administration of “making it even harder for American beef ranchers and producers.” “Now they will be undercut by foreign imported beef, as they have been hit financially with high cost of fertilizer and diesel from Trump’s war with Iran,” Greene wrote in a Friday social media post.
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