- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins declined to specify which countries are participating in the Trump administration's plan to temporarily surge U.S. beef imports to lower consumer prices.
- “I am not privy to talk about that,” Rollins told reporters on Tuesday. “I think the conversations are still going on,” she added, saying that President Trump and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were involved.
- President Trump announced a plan to allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef into the country tariff-free over 90 days to reduce retail prices. Average ground beef prices in the U.S. have risen from $5.45 to $6.85 per pound since Trump returned to office.
- Ranchers and Republican allies, including Montana Senator Tim Sheehy, criticized the strategy, arguing that surging foreign imports will harm struggling domestic cattle producers.
- Agribusiness experts expressed skepticism about the plan's impact, predicting it will not result in a measurable decrease in beef prices for consumers.
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