Overview
- An executive order effective Nov. 13 removes reciprocal tariffs from more than 200 agricultural and processed-food items, including coffee, beef, bananas, tea, spices and orange juice.
- Trump tied the rollback to high consumer prices, saying coffee costs were too elevated and would fall after the change.
- The White House said the exemptions target items not grown or processed in the United States.
- Brazil’s vice president said a separate 40% surcharge still applies to many Brazilian exports such as coffee, beef and tropical fruits, even with some items like orange juice now duty-free.
- Indian exporters of spices, tea and cashews gain limited relief while seafood and basmati rice remain excluded, and the broader tariff architecture stays in place alongside new framework talks with Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala and El Salvador.