U.S. Department of Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was assigned a monitoring role under the August 26 proclamation. Together with the U.S. Trade Representative, it was directed to monitor whether the imported lean beef trimmings were sold at 25% below the market price for those trimmings and to notify Trump if they were not. USDA also publishes monthly trade data; its Economic Research Service said the relevant country and quota data update was scheduled for November 5, 2026, so complete official monthly trade data for the quota period were not yet available as of October 13.^1–2

August 26 beef proclamation

Assigned monitoring of the promised discount¹

On August 26, 2026, President Trump signed a proclamation increasing by 300,000 metric tons the 2026 in-quota quantity for specified fresh or frozen lean beef trimmings used for ground beef. The measure applied from September 1 through November 30 in three monthly tranches of up to 100,000 metric tons each, administered first come, first served. It applied to “other countries or areas,” not countries with their own country-specific quotas or existing free-trade commitments. The proclamation cited section 404 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 as authority.^{1, 3–5}

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