GOP Pushback Grows Over Trump's Imported Beef Plan
TL;DR
Republican lawmakers and cattle producers blasted Donald Trump’s plan to import up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef for 90 days with no out-of-quota tariffs, arguing it would hurt domestic ranchers and markets even as Trump says it will lower prices and help the beef herd; critics including Sen. Tom Cotton, Rep. Dawson Holle, and former advisor Charles Herbster urged a rethink, noting beef prices remain high despite his message.
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- GOP lawmakers criticize Trump’s beef import plan amid blowback from ranchers NBC News
- Trump temporarily waives higher beef tariffs in bid to lower prices CBS News
- Trump defends pause on beef tariffs amid criticism from US cattle producers CNN
- Opinion | Trump hits pause on a free-trade beef The Washington Post
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