Inside Trade

November 8, 2025

More Republicans urge administration to rethink plan to buy more Argentine beef

By Margaret Spiegelman  / October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) and other Republican members of the panel are urging the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to boost U.S. imports of Argentine beef, adding to a growing chorus of objections by lawmakers. Smith, joined by Ways & Means trade subcommittee Chair Adrian Smith (R-NE) and 12 other members of the panel, expressed concern about the plan in an Oct. 29 letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Agriculture Secretary Brooke...

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