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Inflation prompts some trading partners to cut tariffs on red meat

Amid global food price pressures, many countries are revisiting trade tariffs on food items. According to U.S. Meat Export Federation President CEO Dan Halstrom, the moves are providing unprecedented global access to some markets.

“Some of our global customers have higher rates of inflation than us,” says Halstrom. “So now is the time to try to reduce that impact and one way to do it is to offset or reduce or eliminate existing inbound tariffs.”

USMEF Vice President of Economic Analysis Erin Borror says there have…

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