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Todd McClay

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

Yeah, that's right.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

Look, I expect it's probably going to be launched over the next week or two.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

The US has said they will give us a firm heads up so that we can be very well prepared.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

But as you just said in the introduction, this is just part of the US looking at how they put that tariff wall back in place because, you know, the US Supreme Court found that what they'd done was illegal.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

So we're expecting an investigation.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

I don't think there will be any tariffs anytime soon.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

It probably will take some time to work through, but it is just another bit of understanding

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

uncertainty for New Zealand exporters into the US market.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

No, the way that he's doing it is based upon increase of exports and lamb from Australia and New Zealand.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

The ironic thing is that actually our exports have brought the price up for lamb and at the same time

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

And what they're doing is there's a lot more consumption.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

So it helps U.S.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

sheep producers.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

But they'll go through the process and we'll see.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

It's not a very large volume of lamb that goes in there in the scheme of things.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

But, you know, the president does what the president does.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

They don't need lamb, and that's a bit of the point where it's probably easy to put some sort of sanction on if they want to.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

But the point here is that lamb consumption in the U.S.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

has gone up considerably as a result of the marketing efforts of New Zealand and Australia, and the price goes up with it.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the US investigating the possibility of tariffs on NZ lamb

So this is good for U.S.

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