Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday distanced herself from President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement last week that he had reached a deal with still-unnamed countries to ramp up beef imports.
Trump on Friday announced a plan to temporarily allow more tariff-free foreign beef into the United States in an effort to bring down prices. But it was immediately met with pushback from America’s beef sector and its congressional champions, including Montana GOP Sen. Tim Sheehy, a close Trump ally, and others.
