WASHINGTON — White House officials are weighing whether to scale back President Donald Trump’s plan to bring in 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef at discounted prices, according to two people familiar with internal discussions. The talks are taking place within the Domestic Policy Council, led by Vince Haley, a longtime Trump speechwriter and former campaign official. The discussions come as Republican candidates in farm states and other competitive races face voter anger over high prices and the effects of Trump’s tariffs. The proposal remains uncertain, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative opposes reducing the imports, the people said. USTR helped carry out the program and argues that additional foreign beef could provide short-term relief for consumers facing elevated prices. After the discussions became public, both the White House and USTR denied that an official rollback was under consideration. “There’s no pending policy change to ‘disagree’ with,” a USTR official said in a statement. “The administration is focused on the interest of American ranchers and consumers. All agencies are supporting the President in these goals.” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said the administration was not considering a change and that the Agriculture Department and USTR were continuing to monitor imports to determine whether savings reach consumers, as directed by Trump’s executive order. Trump announced the beef import plan in August despite opposition from ranchers, who argued that increasing foreign supplies could undermine domestic producers. The administration later issued a separate executive order containing policies intended to address ranchers’ concerns, but U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told House Republicans earlier this month that the import program would proceed. Farm-state lawmakers have continued to press the administration for relief. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, other members of the state’s congressional delegation and senior lawmakers from agricultural states have urged Trump to reconsider the policy. The issue has become part of broader Republican unease about economic conditions before the November election. Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Republican Senate nominee, recently broke with Trump publicly over high gasoline prices and the struggles facing farmers. Michigan Senate Republican nominee Mike Rogers and other vulnerable Republican candidates have also criticized the administration’s handling of the economy and the war in Iran. The White House is separately preparing a possible plan to restrict diesel exports, potentially with exemptions, as fuel prices rise amid the conflict. Taken together, the policy discussions point to mounting pressure on the administration to respond to household costs without alienating farmers, ranchers or other industry groups that form a core part of the Republican coalition. For consumers, a reduction in imports could limit one potential source of short-term price relief. For ranchers, the dispute centers on whether government policy should prioritize cheaper beef now or protect domestic production and farm income over the longer term.