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US Trade Panel Deadlocked on Australian Lamb Imports, Leaving Threat Alive
A split US trade ruling keeps tariff and quota options alive as the commission moves to a remedies hearing and Trump prepares the final decision.
- On Friday, the U.S. International Trade Commission deadlocked in its investigation into Australian lamb imports, leaving the final decision on potential new tariffs to President Donald Trump.
- The probe began in July following lobbying by the American Sheep Industry Association and U.S. trade ambassador Jamieson Greer; lobbyists argued 'surging low-priced imports' from Australia and New Zealand harmed domestic producers.
- Australian lamb accounts for about 75 per cent of U.S. imports, with shipments valued at more than $1 billion last year; these exports already face a 12.5 per cent tariff that Australia opposes.
- Ambassador Greg Moriarty warned that restricting imports would "increase costs for US consumers, reduce product availability and risk reversing the steady growth in US demand for lamb," potentially pushing buyers toward beef, pork or chicken.
- The commission will hold a remedies hearing on December 1 to debate potential measures including quotas or tariffs, with final recommendations to President Trump due by January 11, 2027.
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