Nebraska beef is once again being sold in China after the Trump administration negotiated an end to a 14-year ban.
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Nebraska beef is once again being sold in China after the Trump administration negotiated an end to a 14-year ban. This is a great development for Nebraska agriculture, as well as for Chinese consumers who finally get to enjoy this high-quality, delicious product.
In contrast to this good news, Japan and the European Union announced a trade agreement early this month which would lower Japan’s tariffs on European meat and dairy products. Understandably, this is causing deep concern among U.S. beef, pork, and dairy producers.
With the world’s third-largest GDP, Japan is the largest export market for U.S. beef and the second-largest export market for U.S. pork. However, significant barriers to trade still exist, and Japan remains a market with plenty of untapped potential for U.S. exporters.
Other nations are currently making market gains in Japan at the expense of the U.S. For example, Australia, whose own bilateral trade agreement with Japan took effect in January 2015, saw the tariff on its beef drop from the nearly 40 percent rate the U.S. pays to approximately 30 percent in April 2017. This rate will continue to decrease until it reaches 19.5 percent for frozen Australian beef and 23.5 percent for fresh Australian beef.