Trump Removes Tariffs on Beef, Coffee, Other Agricultural Products

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Nov. 14 removing reciprocal tariffs on coffee, beef, and other agricultural products.

“Today’s Order follows the significant progress the President has made in securing more reciprocal terms for our bilateral trade relationships,” the White House stated. “President Trump’s deals have had and will continue to have broad impacts on domestic production and the economy as a whole.”

Trump’s order removes tariffs for various products, including coffee and tea, tropical fruits and fruit juices, cocoa and spices, beef, and tomatoes.

The announcement followed news that the United States reached a series of trade deals with foreign nations, and that the grocery costs are rising, including prices for coffee, bananas, and beef.

Discussing the rising costs on Nov. 12, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared to preview the tariff adjustments. “You’re going to see substantial announcements over the next couple of days in terms of things we don’t grow here in the United States,” he told Fox and Friends.

Trump has also floated the possibility of using tariff revenues, which reached record highs this year, to give Americans a $2,000 dividend.

In his executive order, Trump said that he determined changes were necessary after receiving additional information and recommendations from officials monitoring conditions related to trade imbalances.

Trump’s decision modifies tariffs he imposed in April while declaring a national emergency on the basis that trade imbalances “constitute[d] an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the United States.” The president also said he used tariffs to boost American manufacturing and encourage companies to build factories and create jobs in the country to avoid higher levies.

Since then, his tariffs have undergone an arduous legal battle that culminated in oral arguments at the Supreme Court earlier this month. The justices are expected to rule on whether Trump’s tariffs exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Urging the Supreme Court to back the tariffs, the Justice Department has said trillions of dollars are at stake following negotiations with foreign countries. Trump himself warned on Nov. 10 that a loss at the Supreme Court could impact more than $3 trillion. Some businesses, meanwhile, have criticized the tariffs as imposing hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes.

In his order, Trump directed the secretary of commerce and the U.S. trade representative to continue monitoring the circumstances surrounding the emergency he declared.

Should the Supreme Court rule against Trump, Bessent has said that the government could invoke other authorities to implement tariffs, although they are “not as efficient, not as powerful.”

Amid the legal challenges, the administration has been working with countries across the world, including Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Uzbekistan.

By the end of October, Trump reached a one-year deal with China. In an executive order on Nov. 4, Trump said he would suspend reciprocal tariffs on the geopolitical rival until November 2026.

He said the arrangement “will help remedy non‑reciprocal trade arrangements and address the United States’ economic and national security concerns.”

The president added that it would “reduce the United States’ trade deficit, boost the economy of the United States, and address the consequences of the United States’ trade deficit by, among other things, ensuring that the United States has access to materials vital to national defense, the energy sector, and other aspects of the United States’ economy and national security.”

Andrew Moran contributed to this report.