As Trump prepares new tariffs, this beef-farmer congressman has singled out Australian Wagyu

A Republican cattle-rancher congressman has introduced a bill recommending a 70 per cent tariff on Australian Wagyu beef — part of an intensifying American push to pressure Australia over meat trade. The US beef industry is hoping to capitalise on Donald Trump’s trade war to squeeze a better deal out of Australia, as the US president finalises a new round of tariffs set to take effect next week. Marlin Stutzman, an Indiana congressman and Wagyu farmer, is helping to lead the charge with the newly introduced “Protect American Beef” bill. It singles out Australia as a particularly unfair trade partner…