Coffee Tariff Bill Sponsors Celebrate Tariff Roll-Back
Sponsors of the No Coffee Tax Act lauded the president's decision to roll back reciprocal tariffs on coffee, but Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., noted that the additional 40% tariffs on Brazilian coffee were unchanged. She said Nov. 17 that Brazil is the top source of American coffee.
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"It never made sense for coffee -- which we do not grow enough of in the United States -- to be subject to tariffs," she said.
Reps. Don Bacon, D-Neb., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., co-sponsors of the House version, also applauded the move. Bacon said in an e-mailed press release, "Families across America are feeling the cost of higher coffee prices, which are already up 21 percent due to the reciprocal tariffs. Tariffing a product we can't grow at a large, commercial scale doesn't make sense and only drives prices higher for consumers. I applaud President Trump and his administration for listening to our concerns and recognizing the harm these tariffs were causing. I hope this marks the beginning of the administration reversing course on these harmful tariffs."