Trump attacked Australian import restrictions on U.S. beef when he announced in April that tariffs of at least 10% would be placed on Australian imports, with steel and aluminum facing a 50% tariff. “Australia bans — and they’re wonderful people, and wonderful everything — but they ban American beef ,” Trump told reporters then.

The federal government has lifted longstanding restrictions on beef imports from the US. This is what it means for Australia.

Australia will lift restrictions on the import of beef from the US, a trade barrier which had angered the Trump administration.