Wheres the Beef? Returning to China in New Trump

Some people in China might have a beef with President Trump’s current go to to the Middle Kingdom. No, not that type of beef; the type you put on your plate, and hence into your abdomen. On that current China journey, the Americans struck a commerce deal, and now, according to an X post from Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, China will probably be importing the best beef in the world, American beef. 

Proud to verify that our deal-maker-in-chief @POTUS has carried out it AGAIN! 🇺🇸🥩🤝

American beef — the best beef in the world! — will probably be back on the cabinets in China soon. They are implementing beef commitments, including resuming imports from 17 states.

This means restoring up to…

— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) May 16, 2026

The post reads:

Proud to verify that our deal-maker-in-chief @POTUS has carried out it AGAIN! 🇺🇸🥩🤝

American beef — the best beef in the world! — will probably be back on the cabinets in China soon. They are implementing beef commitments, including resuming imports from 17 states.

This means restoring up to $165 per head in added worth for exports for our cattle ranchers. Mostly selection cuts like hoofs and tongues that Americans don’t favor to devour.

This builds on our work @USDA and @Interior to present the certainty that ranchers need to grow the home beef herd. This is essential because the herd measurement has given historic lows in current years.

Thank you to our great President, alongside our superb chief negotiators @USTradeRep and @SecScottBessent for placing our farmers and ranchers FIRST. 

What a WIN-WIN for ranchers, and finally customers.

What does that imply in precise numbers? 

More than 400 US beef plants misplaced the capability to ship to China over the past 12 months because their export permissions, granted between March 2020 and April 2021, merely expired without renewal.

That accounts for roughly 65% of all once-registered US beef services, which implies the shutdown wasn’t an energetic ban so a lot as a slow leak that hit the whole industry.

US beef exports to China collapsed as a outcome, with quantity falling 48% from 2024 and greenback worth dropping 69%, according to the US Meat Export Federation. The 2022 peak of $1.7 billion in beef exports to China has fallen to roughly $500 million last 12 months.

Much of that will, presumably, be coming back now. 

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Despite the Trump EO Efforts to Combat High Meat Prices, American Beef Needs to Be Made Great Again

The query is, how will this have an effect on American beef costs, that are still practically at pre-Trump, pre-trade-deal ranges? Well, that stays to be seen, but if American ranchers start upping their manufacturing, as beef ranching turns into profitable again, then local provide ought to start growing as nicely, which is nice for American customers. If the costs of our steaks and cheeseburgers come down accordingly, that’s a important feather in the Trump administration’s cap.

Trade offers with China are good, too, at least to the level that people and nations alike are loath to start lobbing brickbats at each other if they’re in business together. How a lot that applies to China proper now, that’s another query. In the meantime, though, American cattle ranchers have motive for a little optimism. And customers, as nicely, and I’ll bear in mind that when I devour my weekly bacon cheeseburger at the lodge.

This appears applicable. 

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