"Strategic decision": an Argentine exporter explains what it's like to sell meat to the United States and gets excited about an announcement from Trump

"It's not enough for us," said Mariano Grimaldi, commercial manager of the Logros slaughterhouse, one of the more than 40 national plants that ship beef to the United States. In that country, the market for national protein is very broad, given the demand generated by quality and prices. Argentina has a quota of 20,000 tons with tariffs of 10%. In addition to that quota, it pays 26.4% which is added to the 10% set in August last year when Donald Trump unleashed the trade war with several countries. Yesterday, the U.S. president indicated that his country could buy more Argentine beef to try to contain domestic prices. The cattle sector is awaiting an expansion of the quota. The Logros slaughterhouse exports 400 tons per year of the 20,000 tons total that Argentina has in the quota. These tons are distributed according to the plant and its supply capacity. The entrepreneur said that, due to the increase in demand, they have received many more orders for beef from the U.S. "We are ...