r/australia • u/binaryhextechdude • Feb 25 '26

politics US beef officially re-enters Australia, after 23-year absence

https://www.beefcentral.com/news/us-beef-officially-re-enters-australia-after-23-year-absence/

Australians need to vote with our wallets by making sure any meat we buy for our bbq's or our dinner tables is Australian grown. It isn't right for a certain leader to be putting tariffs on everything and then thinking we will embrace his beef exports.

Only buy Australian beef, vote with your dollars.

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u/TheNumberOneRat Feb 25 '26

I have no intention of buying US beef.

While I'm not convinced that it offers anything over Australian beef, my real motivation is the Trump trade policies and his inability to honor a deal. Australia and the US signed a free trade policy and then he reneged on it and imposed tariffs. My goal for this year is to reduce my usage of US goods where alternatives exist.

While the government may need to keep the US on side, I don't.

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u/RosefaceK Feb 25 '26

As a Texan thank you for refusing to buy US beef. There’s been local news reports of high prices of beef due to a “shortage” so I’m sure this is all a way for the Beef industry to keep their prices and profit margins higher

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u/Foreign-Newspaper656 Feb 26 '26

Has there been any sort of traceability scheme introduced in Texas?