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China’s retaliatory tariffs have effectively halted U.S. beef and pork exports, creating serious financial risks for the meat industry, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Erin Borror, USMEF’s vice president of economic analysis, said the effective tariff rate on U.S. pork and pork by-products is currently 172%, while U.S. beef and beef by-products

Farmers are concerned that the move will hurt Thailand's domestic market, which is already under pressure from low-priced beef imports from Australia and New Zealand. The association's vice chairman said that the association's members have submitted a letter of protest to the prime minister. The association believes that the policy violates Thailand's law prohibiting the use of growth hormones in livestock, which are common in the United States. The association will also submit petitions to the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of Commerce, urging them to reconsider the policy. The association claims that the proposed imports will directly affect more than 1.4 million Thai cattle farmers, who are already struggling with falling cattle prices. In addition to economic concerns, the association also warned that importing American beef could damage Thailand's reputation in the global market. Countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and China, which have strict standards for growth hormones, may be afraid to import Thai beef as a result.

The United States will conduct an inspection of Brazil's livestock health system in May. The audit, which is carried out every two years, was announced by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The technical visits will be made to the official Brazilian service and will include slaughterhouses authorized to export beef to the country. The Secretary of Commerce and International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Luis Rua, told the press that this is a routine audit of the export system as a whole and will not be aimed at specific companies. "Some countries, when they open their markets to Brazil, conduct a routine audit to verify the system's guarantees. It is a routine and previously scheduled practice that aims to assess whether Brazil is able to maintain the guarantees of the protocol agreed upon between the countries," said the secretary. According to him, the audit tends to focus on the official Brazilian ...