Trump…Argentina Beef Imports …

The President says in importing meat from OUTSIDE America ?

American beef prices would drop….

Good for American consumers….

But?

That America First thing for Farmers?

Well?

This would be ANOTHER blow against them….

Exporting their cheap migrant labor….

Now flooding the Beef market to drive down their prices and cutting their market….

‘America First’ is proving to be a tricky thing, eh?

 

OK?

I neglected to add this….

Trump IS on a rescue mission FOR Argentina…

 

U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration would import beef from Argentina to help tackle persistently high prices as the supply is throttled by drought, a flesh-eating pest and other issues affecting cattle.

“We would buy some beef from Argentina,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he traveled from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Sunday. “If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down.”

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The price of beef, alongside other everyday essentials, has soared this yearlargely because screwworm outbreaks have weakened already diminished cattle herds.

According to the most recent data from the Department of Labor, the beef and veal index rose 13.9 percent in the 12 months to August, with uncooked beef steaks up 16.6 percent. Experts believe beef prices will remain elevated for the foreseeable future, given the lengthy process of replenishing herds and high tariffs on key exporting nations such as Brazil…

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Sylvain Charlebois, a professor of food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, Canada, told Newsweek that importing beef from Argentina would “not significantly” address the price issues faced by consumers in the U.S.

“Argentina exports only a small amount of beef to the United States—roughly 20,000 tons a year compared with more than 12 million tons of U.S. production,” he said. “So even a sharp increase would barely move retail prices.”

A beef deal with Argentina also risks further alienating U.S. farmers, many of whom have expressed frustration with the administration over its extension of a $20 billion lifeline—an amount that may soon double—to the South American country to prop up Milei’s economy ahead of the midterm elections on October 26. Soybean croppers in particular view Argentina as a direct competitor and were angered when, following the initial agreement, Argentina eased export restrictions and began shipping large quantities of soybeans to China….

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Trump did not specify how much beef would be imported under the potential deal. Meanwhile, Argentines head to the polls on Sunday, with Milei’s party hoping to gain seats and strengthen its minority position….

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