Trump Reverses Tariffs On Coffee, Bananas And Other Foods In Response As Prices Soar
While tariffs were intended to incentivize self-sufficiency, the U.S. simply cannot produce enough of certain goods like coffee and bananas. As prices soar on those items, the Trump administration has reversed course.Earlier this year, President Donald J. Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on food imports, branding the move “Liberation Day” and framing it as an effort to bolster U.S. self-sufficiency. In the April 2, 2025 executive order, the White House declared that “neither can a nation long survive if it can’t produce its own food.”
This month, however, President Trump reversed course, signing another executive order—this one lifting tariffs on certain agricultural products that can’t be grown or produced at scale inside the U.S. including coffee, bananas, and orange juice. Trump said about the move, “We just had a little bit of a rollback on some foods, like coffee as an example, where the prices of coffee are a little bit high now. They’ll be on the low side in a very short period of time.”
Trump Reverses Tariffs On Coffee, Bananas And Other Foods In Response As Prices Soar
As prices soar on items like coffee and bananas, the Trump administration has reversed course, exempting food items that cannot be easily grown or produced in the U.S.
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