<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/" rel="" target="" title="Australia's"><span>Australia's</span></a><span> sheep </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/farming" rel="" target="" title="farmers"><span>farmers</span></a><span> began grappling with the impact of </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> President </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump's"><span>Donald Trump's</span></a><span> new round of tariffs, some </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/us-politics" rel="" target="" title="US politicians"><span>US politicians</span></a><span> were already pushing to make their lives even harder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Representative Mark Amodei from Nevada and two of his Republican colleagues from neighbouring Utah are behind a bill in the House to impose a 30 per cent duty on sheep and lamb products from Australia or New Zealand.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Little has been revealed about the bill, what sparked its introduction to the House late last month or whether anything changed since the announcement of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-us-president-threatens-countries-for-playing-games/97ab2931-de9a-4ca5-a6b5-ce22a274551d" rel="" target="" title="Trump's latest round of global tariffs"><span>Trump's latest round of global tariffs</span></a><span>, sparked by the Supreme Court striking down his so-called reciprocal tariffs on Friday (Saturday AEDT).</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/dozens-of-fbi-records-apparently-missing-from-epstein-files-including-trump-accuser-interviews/2fc87a95-6cb7-4e92-8149-a67cd0f4924b"><strong><span>FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell was heading to the US this week for the launch of the G'Day USA tourism show in Los Angeles and wanted all the tariffs removed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"While in the United States, I will take the opportunity to continue our strong advocacy for free and fair trade between our two countries," he said on Tuesday, in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I will always press for the best possible outcome for Australian businesses, producers, exporters and workers."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-update-30-per-cent-sheep-duty-bill-in-us-house/3b7b5f29-02e3-4ec1-bbc5-d498917c5989" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Farrell said trade with the US had actually increased under Trump's reciprocal tariffs because Australian imports were being taxed at the lowest rate of 10 per cent but that "competitive advantage" was gone under the new 10 per cent rate set globally. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said he would try to bring forward meetings scheduled with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at the World Trade Organisation conference in a couple of weeks' time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have to make it very clear to them, to the Americans, that we're not happy with this decision," Farrell told Sky News on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's not consistent with our trade agreement, and it's not consistent with the way allies should be treating one another."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The limited text of the lamb bill simply suggests that the president impose "a 30 per cent duty on each sheep product and lamb product originating from Australia or New Zealand", in addition to other duties in place, before defining the words lamb, lamb product, sheep, sheep product and wool.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A spokesperson for Amodei declined to comment when approached by </span><a href="http://9news.com.au" rel="" target="" title="9news.com.au"><span>9news.com.au</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Representative Celeste Maloy cosponsored the bill on February 2 and Representative Burgess Owens followed suit on February 13.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was introduced to the House on January 30 and referred to the House Ways and Means committee.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Utah had the fifth most sheep and lambs of any state last year, according to the American Sheep Industry Association. Nevada, which counts the desert bighorn sheep as its state animal, wasn't in the top 30.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia's sheep meat exports to the US were worth about $1.6 billion last year and Meat and Livestock Australia was already working hard to lobby against the broader tariffs, from which Australian beef will </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-beef-tariff-backflip-australian-trade-war-us-politics-news/ba6164ac-7ab2-4c99-85c0-13e964c7145a"><span>remain exempt after a backflip by Trump last year</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"MLA will work with industry and the Australian government to navigate the challenges this new tariff hike will impose," managing director Michael Crowley said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The United States was Australia's number one export market for beef, lamb and goatmeat in 2025, highlighting the importance of this trading relationship for our producers and the broader red meat supply chain."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Supreme Court's stunning rebuke of Trump's most sweeping tariffs means he can't conjure up new import taxes on a whim anymore</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the justices' ruling on Friday is nonetheless unlikely to ease the uncertainty over Trump's trade policy that has paralysed businesses over the past year. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's only gotten more complicated for everybody,'' said trade lawyer Ryan Majerus, partner at King and Spalding and a former US trade official.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Even though he had weeks to prepare, Trump's response was chaotic: on Friday, he said he'd use other legal authority to impose 10 per cent levies on imports from other countries. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On Saturday, he said he was ratcheting it up to 15 per cent — but the levies US Customs and Border Protection started collecting at 12.01am on Tuesday were just 10 per cent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump initially ridiculed the Supreme Court justices who voted down his sweeping tariff policy on Friday before taking a more measured tone in his almost two-hour State of the Union address on Tuesday (Wednesday night AEDT), describing the decision as "unfortunate".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Any country that wants to "play games" with the Supreme Court decision, Trump posted on social media, would be met with "a much higher Tariff, and worse, than that which they just recently agreed to".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The good news is almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made," Trump said Tuesday. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He claimed his legal power he had to make a new deal "could be far worse for them".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>- Reported with Associated Press</span></em><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us 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