Trump Plans to Ease Prices on Coffee, Bananas, Bessent Says (2)

Nov. 12, 2025, 7:19 PM UTC

Top Trump officials indicated the administration would soon reduce tariffs on coffee, bananas and other foods, after voter anger over the cost of living saw Republicans defeated in state and local elections.

“You’re going to see some substantial announcements over the next couple of days in terms of things we don’t grow here in the United States, coffee being one of them, bananas, other fruits, things like that,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday on Fox News.

Bessent didn’t specify he was referring to tariff reductions, identify which countries’ goods would be affected or say whether the move would apply ...

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