Trump administration claims credit for Australia lifting ban on US beef imports
by Tom McIlroy Chief political correspondent from on (#6YVHQ)
Move expected to help negotiations with US for lower trade tariffs on exports, but Labor says decision was made after scientific assessment
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The Trump administration has claimed credit for Labor's decision to lift restrictions on imports of US beef into Australia, saying non-scientific trade barriers had left American farmers on the sidelines" for two decades.
The government confirmed on Thursday morning that the agriculture department would allow imports into Australia of meat processed in the US but grown in Mexico and Canada.
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