President Trump Removes Tariffs on Beef, Coffee, Hundreds of Other Food and Beverage Products

In an effort to address high prices for food and beverage products that continue to plague consumers across the country, President Donald Trump announced he would remove the tariffs he imposed earlier this year on beef, coffee, fruits and hundreds of other food and beverage products this past weekend, saying that they were no longer necessary.

The president signed an executive order that removes tariffs on tea, fruit juice, cocoa, spices, bananas, oranges and tomatoes (as well as certain fertilizers), according to an Associated Press report.

Reuters cited the White House fact sheet on the executive order, saying the move was made possible by “significant progress the President has made in securing more reciprocal terms for our bilateral trade relationships.”

Specifically, some of the tariffs were no longer necessary given that President Trump had negotiated framework trade agreements with countries like Ecuador, El Salvador, Argentina and Guatemala, to facilitate better trade conditions between those nations and the U.S. Critics of the tariffs put on some of these items earlier this year noted that they were items that couldn’t be produced in the U.S., but some consumer price relief is expected to follow with the tariffs peeled back.