2026年8月21日 美国东部时间晚上7:14 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
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周五，唐纳德·特朗普总统为其暂时暂停进口牛肉关税的决定辩护，尽管此举遭到了部分美国养牛业者的批评。
“我们想要降低牛肉价格，我们会把价格降一点，这是民众想要的。这是选民想要的，也是我想要的，”特朗普在前往南卡罗来纳州的路上对记者表示。
特朗普称牧场主是他的“自己人”，他说：“他们干得非常出色。但他们也承认，我们需要一点帮助。”
特朗普周五早些时候宣布，美国将在未来90天内允许最多30万公吨碎牛肉进口，且无需缴纳配额外关税。他拒绝向记者透露他已与哪些国家达成协议。“我不想说是哪些国家，但有几个国家，他们送来的将是最高品质的牛肉，这正是我们需要的，”特朗普说道。
全国养牛业牛肉协会反驳了特朗普的声明，在社交媒体上写道：“美国没有任何肉牛养殖户要求增加进口。用外国竞争对手的劣质产品削弱美国农民和牧场主的利益，既无法建立市场信心，也无法促进牛群规模的恢复。”
参议员查克·格拉斯利表示，考虑到本月早些时候伊利诺伊州乔斯林市的泰森牛肉工厂关闭，再加上白宫最新的临时举措，他“对肉牛市场感到担忧”。
这位爱荷华州共和党人在X平台上因字符限制使用了缩写，他写道：“上周伊利诺伊州泰森工厂关闭后，我就对肉牛市场感到担忧，现在特朗普总统又决定临时开放受补贴的牛肉进口。美国养牛业者理应通过‘美国优先’政策始终被放在首位。我们需要继续推进对抗螺旋蛆虫的工作，并扩大国内牛群规模。”
共和党籍蒙大拿州参议员蒂姆·希伊也公开反对这项举措，他称自己一年来一直建议特朗普不要采取此举。
“一年来我一直建议特朗普总统不要采取这种做法，因为美国牧场主数十年来一直在对抗屠宰垄断企业，而这一举措将进一步损害他们的利益——他们中的大多数人都是‘让美国再次伟大’的共和党支持者，”希伊在X平台上写道。他补充道，特朗普想要降低美国消费者的价格，其“出发点是好的”，并指出螺旋蛆虫疫情正在影响牛肉价格。
“但现实是，这一举措将使美国牧场主更难恢复牛群规模，也更难为美国民众降低牛肉价格。最重要的是，这将损害那些为全国提供食物的牧场家庭的利益，”希伊说道。
当被美国有线电视新闻网问及希伊的评论时，白宫副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒表示：“没有任何一届政府比本届政府更支持牧场主，我们农业部采取了非凡行动来保护并确保我们食品供应链的安全——但再说一次，墨西哥曾爆发过螺旋蛆虫疫情。”
他强调，这是“一项针对紧急问题的具体临时协议”。
Trump defends pause on beef tariffs amid criticism from US cattle producers
2026-08-21 7:14 PM ET / CNN
By Kit Maher
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PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2026, 7:14 PM ET
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President Donald Trump on Friday defended his decision to temporarily pause tariffs on imported beef, despite criticism from some US cattle producers.
“We want to get the beef prices down, so we’ll get them down a little bit, and that’s what people want. That’s what the voters want, and that’s what I want,” Trump told reporters on his way to South Carolina.
Calling ranchers his “people,” Trump said, “They’ve done a fantastic job. But they admit that we need a little help.”
Trump announced earlier Friday that the US would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported for the next 90 days without out-of-quota tariffs. He wouldn’t tell reporters which countries he’d made a deal with. “I don’t want to say which countries, but there are a few countries, but they’re going to be sending in the highest quality beef, and it’s something that we need,” Trump said.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association pushed back on Trump’s announcement, writing on social media, “No cow-calf producer in America is asking for increased imports. Undercutting American farmers and ranchers with inferior product from foreign competitors does nothing to create market confidence or encourage rebuilding the herd.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley said he was “concerned for the cattle markets,” given theclosure of a Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, earlier this month and the latest temporary action from the White House.
“After Tyson closure in Illinois last wk I’m concerned for the cattle markets +now Pres Trump’s decision to temporarily open up subsidized beef imports,” the Iowa Republican posted on X, using abbreviations for words due to the character limits. “USA cattlemen shld always be put 1st thru America 1st policies Need 2keep up progress fighting screwworm+ expanding domestic herd.”
GOP Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana also came out against the action, which he said he advised Trump not to take for the past year.
“I’ve advised President Trump against this course of action for a year because American ranchers have been struggling against the packer monopoly for decades, and this will further harm them – most of whom are MAGA Republicans,” Sheehy wrote on X, adding that Trump’s “heart is in the right place” for wanting to lower prices for US consumers and noted that the screwworm is impacting prices.
“But the reality is this action will make it more difficult for American ranchers to rebuild our herd and bring prices down for the American people. And most importantly, this will harm our ranching families who feed the nation,” Sheehy said.
Pressed by CNN on Sheehy’s comments, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said, “No administration has been more pro-rancher than this administration taking extraordinary actions under USDA to protect and ensure the security of our food supply chain — but again, there’s been, there was an outbreak of screwworm in Mexico.”
And he emphasized that this is “a specific, temporary deal to address an acute issue.”
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