Donald Trump praised Australia’s decision to lift import curbs on US beef amid trade negotiations between the two allies, after the US president had highlighted Canberra’s biosecurity measures as an unfair impediment to trade.

“After many years Australia has agreed to accept American Beef !” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will sell "so much" beef to Australia after Canberra relaxed import restrictions on Thursday, but economists and traders said high prices and tight supplies make major American exports unlikely.