AMERICAN MEAT INDUSTRY FEDERATIONS WORRY ABOUT CHINA RESPONSE TO NEW 25% USA TARIFFS
May 1st, 2019
Members of the USA meat industry, already buckling under the impact of previous Chinese retaliatory tariffs against their goods, are expressing cautious concern following the US imposition of 25% tariffs against an additional USD200 billion of Chinese exports.
Kent Bacus, senior director of international trade at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), said that while his body supports the ongoing trade talks interrupted by this tariff hike, notably the Trump administration’s efforts “to open the Chinese market for US beef and other agricultural ...
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