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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Mexico says U.S. Beef Import Suspension is “unfair”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum isn’t happy with the Trump administration’s decision to suspend imports of Mexican beef cattle for 15 days because of detections of screwworm in shipments. Describing the suspension as “unfair,” Sheinbaum says she’s hopeful the suspension won’t result in another economic blow for her country. High Plains Dot Com says the U.S. restricted Mexican cattle shipments in November following the detection of the pest, but lifted the ban in February after protocols were put in place to evaluate the animals before entry into the U.S. “We do not agree with the measure,” Sheinbaum said. “The Mexican government has worked on all fronts from the very first moment we were alerted to the screwworm.” U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins pointed out that the last time the devastating pest invaded the U.S., it took the livestock industry 30 years to recover. “That can’t happen again,” she added.