Ranch Group Supports New Tariffs; Wants More
BILLINGS, Mont., March 4, 2025 – In a YouTube video published today [4], ranch group R-CALF USA explains its strong support for the 25% tariffs President Trump imposed today on imports from Canada and Mexico. But the group goes even further to request similar tariffs on beef imports from Australia, New Zealand and South America, and it wants tariffs and tariff rate quotas on mutton and lamb meat imported from Australia and New Zealand.
As explained by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard, the theory and practice of free trade, as exemplified by zero tariffs, has all but destroyed the United States commercial sheep industry and is causing the rapid contraction of the domestic beef supply chain.
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