U.S. cattle industry urges Trump to lift S. Korea's age restrictions on U.S. beef

The U.S. cattle industry has called on the Trump administration to push South Korea to lift its ban on American beef from cattle over 30 months old.

A formal request to this end was submitted by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday.

South Korea put in place the age restriction on U.S. beef back in 2008 amid concerns over mad cow disease.

The U.S. beef association is now urging for an end to this restriction pointing out that countries like China, Japan, and Taiwan have since removed similar barriers.