ANALYSIS: Australian Beef on the Brink of China’s Safeguard Trigger
China’s imports of Australian beef are inching very close to triggering the 2025 Special Agricultural Safeguard (SSG), fueling fresh concerns across the trade that Most-Favored Nation (MFN) tariffs could be activated within the next two weeks.
There had been renewed optimism after Australia’s latest export figures suggested the trigger might be delayed until mid-August. But market sources now say that is increasingly unlikely, as importers have recently moved to shore up large volumes ahead of the threshold.
Australia’s grain-fed beef has gained traction rapidly in China's...
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