US trade envoy says Australia hit with tariffs due to ban on US beef, pork

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday defended the Trump administration's decision to apply a 10% tariff on Australia despite a free trade agreement, citing the country's ban on imports of U.S. beef and pork,

"We should be running up the score in Australia," Greer told a Senate Finance Committee hearing. "Despite the agreement, they ban our beef, they ban our pork."

Greer also told senators that negotiations with nations seeking to lower the reciprocal tariffs announced by President Donald Trump last week would proceed country by country.