"President Trump is reaching deeper into individual markets to try to bring down consumer prices.
Why it matters: The administration is under mounting pressure to deliver relief as affordability becomes a bigger political liability ahead of the midterms, Axios' Courtenay Brown writes.
The moves:
Beef: Trump said yesterday that he will temporarily waive tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of additional beef imports for 90 days, a period that would last through the midterms.
Axios
Agricultural and industry groups have raised concerns that President Trump's plan to rapidly import 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free ground beef over 90 days could strain supply chain oversight*. Critics warn that compressing massive volume shifts into a short timeline increases the risk of compromised food safety screening, quality control gaps, and difficulty distinguishing foreign from domestic meat.*Do U.S. cattlemen that voted for Trump feel like they have been left on the platform scratching their schwanzes as the train pulls out of the station? They just joined the club of everyone that ever trusted Trump.
*I think it's quaint to believe there is such an animal as "supply chain oversight" under the Trump Administration.
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