Weekly International Meat News

08 Apr 2025

International Meat News for April 8, 2025 MICA has a new address! Please notify your accounting department that we are now at 1717 K St NW, Ste 900, Washington DC 20006 United States USDA cancels food bank deliveries nationwide; local providers respond US farmers expected to bear the brunt of retaliatory tariffs   Canada Retaliatory tariffs on U.S. pork more likely to pressure Canadian live hog prices than U.S. tariffs Pulse Canada keeping “line of communication” open to Chinese in hopes of removing tariffs How Canada’s beef and pork sectors are navigating U.S., Chinese tariff challenges   Mexico Mexico announces $4b plan to boost food self-sufficiency amid US tariffs Mexico says it will maintain trade stability as tariffs loom Mexico seeks to avoid retaliatory tariffs against US, but not ruling them out Europe Europe tightens restrictions in response to FMD outbreak   United Kingdom UK ASF outbreak would devastate pork supply chain, sector warns   Ireland ICSA: US ‘trade war’ could also impact beef and sheep farmers   France Amid US tariff chaos, France convenes Mercosur meeting with EU partners France pushes for farming 'emergency brake' in Mercosur deal   Hungary Hungary deploys military to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak   Slovakia Slovakia culls thousands of cattle amid foot-and-mouth crisis Brazil Brazil may emerge as winner from sweeping US tariffs, economists say Brazil faces inflation risks as surging corn prices eclipse rice plunge Australia  Tariff response needs to include lamb and beef to be ‘significant’ Global protein demand to mute impact of Trump lamb tariff   New Zealand Red meat sector disappointed by US tariffs USDA cancels food bank deliveries nationwide; local providers respond Executives, trade and labour associations on Trump's reciprocal tariffs World reacts with caution to Trump’s tariffs Contact MICA at info@micausa.org with feedback or questions. Powered by Glue Up All-in-one CRM Software for Growing Communities