Australia announced it will reduce restrictions on U.S. beef imports in a move U.S. President Donald Trump`s administration claimed as a major victory over `non-scientific trade barriers.` Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said Thursday that relaxing the restrictions designed to keep Australia free of mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, would not compromise biosecurity.

`Australia stands for open and free trade ` our cattle industry has significantly benefited from this,` Collins said in a statement. Trump celebrated the announcement with a post on Truth Social that said: `Now, we are going to sell so much to Australia because this is undeniable and irrefutable Proof that U.S. Beef is the Safest and Best in the entire World.`

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins responded to Australia`s announcement by congratulating Trump on a `major trade breakthrough that gives greater access to U.S. beef producers selling to Australia.` `This is yet another example of the kind of market access the President negotiates to bring America into a new golden age of prosperity, with American agriculture leading the way,` she said in a statement.