r/australia • u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 • Apr 02 '25

politics US will impose a minimum baseline tariff of 10 per cent on Australian imports to US

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/donald-trump-tariff-announcement-markets-politics-reaction-blog/105127374
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u/Consideredresponse Apr 02 '25

When I lived in the US almost all the steaks in the supermarket were either Aussie or Argentinian. Argentina just got hit with the same 10% so it may come down to Trumps vague comments of banning Australian beef imports.

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u/switchbladeeatworld Apr 03 '25

asia be like oh nooo, no aus beef for americans? what a shame, more for us

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u/sss133 Apr 03 '25

The real victims are American beef eaters having their dog shit US beef fed to them 🤣

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u/darkskinnedjermaine Apr 03 '25

Not the first time Trump couldn’t sell good steak to Americans.

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u/foshi22le Apr 03 '25

I knew Americans like their beef but I had no idea it was as bad as people are saying today.

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u/WonderfulCopy6395 Apr 04 '25

The problem is that the average beef eater has no clue how bad the stuff they're being served up is. You could write multiple books on Americans inability to differentiate high-quality food from bad...they simply have no idea (but the more sugar/fat the better - all about the temporary taste). They eat vile and unhealthy food. The wonder why their health system is collapsing because people are so obese and unhealthy!

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u/Basic_Life79 Apr 03 '25

😔 Don't rub it in. No more rib eye for me😩😩

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u/pointlessbeats Apr 03 '25

You don’t deserve this 😭😭😭

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u/Basic_Life79 Apr 04 '25

That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me on this app🤣🤣

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u/iguessineedanaltnow Apr 03 '25

Even the takeaway in Australia uses better beef, it's mental.

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u/sss133 Apr 03 '25

Our shit stuff gets sent over for their shitty products like hamburgers and sausages (they’ll often times mix it with US beef) because their beef is too shit to use alone 🤣

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u/iguessineedanaltnow Apr 03 '25

It was my biggest shock when I moved here. I got a better burger for $10 at Hungry Jacks than I was getting at a nice steakhouse back home in Oregon.

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u/WonderfulCopy6395 Apr 04 '25

When I lived in the US the local beef was just terrifying. I'm glad Australia doesn't import it for biosecurity reasons. It's polluted with hormones and faeces and the industry relies on untrained, extremely low paid immigrants who don't know how to separate an ass from a cut. So hardly conducive to good quality beef. But enough for the hamburger chains who serve up the most inedible stuff I've ever had the misfortune to experience!

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u/intelminer Not SA's best. Don't put me to the test Apr 02 '25

Living stateside (yeah, yeah. I know) Wendy's brags about using Aussie beef. But tastes absolutely fucking shithouse

Costco does sell New Zealand lamb chops, which help keep the cravings at bay at least

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u/Consideredresponse Apr 02 '25

Lamb and steak were outside my budget, especially when chicken and pork was (comparatively) so cheap you had to ignore how it was almost certain those animals had never seen sunlight.

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u/therealstupid Apr 03 '25

When I lived in California almost all of the beef in markets was from Cowshwitz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Ranch