Washington: US President Donald Trump is poised to cut tariffs on food and agricultural products including Australian beef as he responds to growing unrest from American consumers over the cost of living.

A White House official indicated to this masthead that wide-ranging changes to tariffs would be unveiled late on Saturday (AEDT), including on beef - one of Australia’s major exports to the US.

Separately, Bloomberg News reported Trump would sign an executive order on Saturday (AEDT) reducing tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, although the exact nature and scope of the changes was not yet clear.

Earlier, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer flagged the changes, though he said they would be targeted at products that “we simply don’t make in the US”, naming coff

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