The president Donald Trump told reporters covering the presidential source on the plane Air Force One that it is possible that USA start shopping Argentine beef.
He said that this measure can be promoted by his country to lower the price of beef for Americans.
“Yes. To lower meat prices, the only high price we have is beef, and we will lower it. And one of the things we are considering is Argentine beef,” Trump told reporters.
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It should be noted that at the moment the entry of live cattle and other animals is restricted from Mexicodue to the screwworm crisis.
Analysts consulted for 24 HOURS such as Agricultural Market Consulting Group They assure that the containment of this pest will take at least two more years.
Currently, the quota of beef destined for the United States that the Argentina It is an annual tariff quota for boneless, fresh, chilled or frozen meat of a total of 20 thousand tons, according to official information from the Ministry of Economy of the Latin country.
This is a very low quota in contrast to Mexico where the figure is much higher.
Until 2024, the total exchange was approximately 3,174 million dollars, where Mexico is the main introducer of meat.
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In addition, Trump would be willing to improve access to Argentine meat, not only beef, in principle by increasing the quota, not only to lower the price but to partially replace the reduction in the income of Brazilian meat, due to the political and commercial conflict that the US has with Brazil.