PM insists biosecurity is 'first priority' as beef tops agenda in upcoming US trade talks

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed not to discuss biosecurity arsenic waste and acquisition negotiations complete beef are group to apical nan schedule successful important talks pinch US President Donald Trump.

Trump singled retired Australia's prohibition connected US beef during a Liberation Day tariff announcement successful April, claiming Australia "won't return immoderate of our beef" owed to a interest complete huffy cattle disease.

Cattle Australia disputes that claim, because a prohibition connected US beef was lifted successful 2019, provided nan cattle is born, raised and slaughtered successful nan US.

But concerns complete "mixed herds" mean beef from nan US seldom makes it to Australian plates.

US exporters are presently incapable to beryllium their herds don't see beef that was calved successful Mexico and Canada, which are still rated a biosecurity risk, past later slaughtered successful nan US.

"We haven't been assured there's a strategy that allows nan due tracing of animals, aliases due traceback of animals," Cattle Australia main executive Dr Chris Parker said.

A reappraisal is underway into whether that should change, which could beryllium utilized arsenic a bargaining spot for Trump to driblet each tariffs against Australia.

"You shouldn't trim a woody astatine immoderate cost, and peculiarly nan costs of Australian biosecurity," Nationals leader David Littleproud said.

"This will decimate nan cultivation assemblage if we blink and let President Trump to beryllium capable to rotation complete america and our biosecurity standards."

Albanese coming assured nan manufacture he would not jeopardise biosecurity during upcoming negotiations.

"Our first privilege is biosecurity and there'll beryllium nary discuss connected that," he said.

"If things tin beryllium sorted out, successful a measurement that protects our biosecurity, of course, we don't conscionable opportunity no.

"I woody pinch people, whoever they are, successful nan aforesaid respectful way. I expect respect back.

"I'm nan premier curate of Australia, we don't person a subservient narration to immoderate nation."

Albanese is expected to meet Trump face-to-face wrong nan adjacent 2 weeks, apt connected nan sidelines of nan G7 gathering successful Canada.

That gathering could make aliases break trade negotiations concerning respective industries.

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