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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

Australia welcomes Trump’s removal of tariffs on beef and other food imports

Beef cattle standing in a field
US president Trump signed an executive order reversing tariffs on food imports including Australian beef. Photograph: Vicki Smith/Getty Images

The Australian government has welcomed the Trump administration’s removal of tariffs on beef and other agricultural exports to the US.

After previously insisting his import duties were not fuelling inflation, the US president, Donald Trump, on Saturday morning Australian time signed an executive order reversing tariffs on food imports, including beef, coffee and bananas.

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