2026-08-2613brief

Trump’s beef plan draws GOP fire

President Donald Trump plans to suspend tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of imported beef. The proposed volume is about 661 million pounds, roughly 11% of USDA’s 6.109-billion-pound forecast for total 2026 beef imports. An AP-NORC poll found 80% of Americans had changed their grocery habits because of high prices. Farm-state Republicans objected, while Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the plan remains under discussion.