Investigation: US Producers Claim Lamb Imports Put Farms at 'Serious' Risk

Investigation: US producers claim lamb imports put farms at 'serious' risk

The USITC has begun a safeguard investigation into lamb imports. Discover why American producers claim damage and what this means for Australian trade.

US lights fuse on lamb import investigation

Reading Time: 2 minutes Meat industry leaders are disappointed with the United States’ move to initiate a safeguards investigation into lamb imports from New Zealand and Australia.  US President Donald Trump’s Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, formally asked for the investigation on Wednesday NZT.  The investigation, to be carried out by the US’s International Trade Commission (ITC) under the 1974 US Trade Act, is expected to take up to six …

Statement on the U.S. safeguard investigation into lamb imports

Comments attributable to NFF President Hamish McIntyre The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) unequivocally supports Sheep Producers Australia (SPA), the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) as they lead the industry’s engagement on this issue. This follows the recommendation by the U.S. Trade Representative to initiate a U.S. International Trade Commission investigation into lamb imports from all countrie…

USTR Directs ITC to Launch Section 201 Investigation into Lamb Meat Imports

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) on July 13, 2026, to launch a Section 201 global safeguard investigation into lamb meat imports after domestic sheep producers filed a petition last year with the USTR.In his letter to the ITC, USTR Jamieson Greer called on the ITC to determine whether foreign lamb meat has been imported “in such increased quantities as to be a substantial …

U.S. Trade Representative Recommends Investigation into Lamb Imports

The American Sheep Industry ASI is celebrating the news that the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Office has officially recommended that the U.S.