Australia Ends US Beef Ban Trade War or Science

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Australia Ends US Beef Ban: Trade War or Science?  🇦🇺 Australia just lifted its 20-year ban on US beef imports, sparking political heat and trade debate. Was it really about science, or is this a move to calm Donald Trump and his tariffs? Agriculture Minister Julie Collins says it's biosecurity science. Trump’s team calls it a win. But critics think Australia caved. 🥩 From mad cow fears to high-tech cattle tracing—this decision has a lot at stake. 🎥 Watch this deep dive into one of the most surprising trade turnarounds of the year. #Australia #USBeef #DonaldTrump #TradeWar #Biosecurity #NewsShorts #Agriculture #Politics #YouTubeShorts

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00:00Australia to lift import ban on US beef after Trump tariffs tip Australia will lift restrictions

00:05on the import of beef from the US, a trade barrier which had angered the Trump administration.

00:10American beef has effectively been banned from the country, which has some of the strictest

00:14biosecurity laws in the world. Since 2003, after an outbreak of mad cow disease, the White House

00:21had cited the restrictions when explaining tariffs imposed on Australia in April,

00:26and US authorities reacted to the news by saying the major trade breakthrough would make

00:30agriculture great. Again, the Australian government has denied that the timing of the decision was

00:35related to the trade tiff. Saying a decade-long department review found the US had improved

00:40beef safety measures, Canberra technically lifted the ban on US beef in 2019, but cattle from Mexico

00:47and Canada remained on the blacklist, and the integration of their supply chains meant this

00:52essentially barred beef from the states too. However, the US has recently introduced better

00:57cattle tracing protocols, allowing authorities to track where they were raised and respond

01:01more effectively in the event of a disease outbreak.In a statement, US Agriculture Secretary

01:06Brooke Rollins said, the restrictions were absurd and stressed the safety of her country's beef

01:11products. Gone are the days of putting American farmers on the sidelines. Australia's Agriculture

01:17Minister Julie Collins said the department had undertaken a rigorous science and risk-based

01:22assessment and was now satisfied that the US is managing any biosecurity threats. This decision has

01:27been purely based on science. She said in a statement, the Albanese Labour government will never compromise

01:33on biosecurity. But the opposition has suggested the government may have done just that. It looks as

01:39though the ban has been traded away to appease Donald Trump. And that's what we don't want.

01:43Nationals leader David Littleproud told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC,

01:48I want to see the science.

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