Who’s buying all the beef?

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  NPR.

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  This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  And I'm Waylon Wong.

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  In October, we heard some good news for beef lovers.

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  A White House official told Reuters that the U.S.

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  is going to ratchet up beef imports from Argentina.

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  This was after President Trump talked to reporters about possibly buying Argentine beef.

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  We would buy some beef from Argentina.

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  If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down.

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  This sparked a question from Indicator Listener Sebastian Sanchez in Massachusetts.

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  I grew up in Argentina and always miss Argentine beef as it is a staple of Argentine barbecue,

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  asado,

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  and last month I saw the White House announce a plan on quadrupling the amount of Argentine beef the US purchases.

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  How does the US government actually do this?

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  I love this question

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  because President Trump's words in October were we would buy some beef from Argentina.

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  So does that mean the new White House ballroom is going to have a giant freezer of these prized cuts?

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  Or is the government going to force butchers to order from Argentina?

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  Other deals have raised similar questions from our listeners.

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