US-Australia beef: what you need to know about tariffs and the meat trade war

Is there a market for US beef in Australia? In short, no. Australia produced 2.5m tonnes of beef last year, of which just over one-fifth was consumed onshore. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Donald Trump did not impose any special penalties on Australia beyond a baseline 10% tariff on goods exported to the US.

But Trump did single out the Australian beef industry in his speech preceding his tariffs announcement. “Australia bans – and they’re wonderful people – but they ban American beef,” the US president said.