Argentine Beef Won’t Flood US Despite ‘Controversy,’ Greer Says

“I do not see a world where there’s some huge, you know, millions and millions of metrics, tons flooding into this market,”US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says on CNBC.

• Greer says he’s “heard there’s been some controversy” about Argentine beef imports
  • Adds that Republican senators have been calling him about the issue
• The US needs to import “a lot of beef” to supply a yearly consumption of 12 million metric tons, he says
• President Trump mentioned beef imports as a way to get prices down, but he’s also getting foreign market access for US beef, Greer says
• NOTE: Trump’s Argentina ...