WASHINGTON (PNN) - November 14, 2025 - President Donald J. Trump on Friday moved to lower tariffs on beef, coffee and dozens of agricultural and food goods, marking a significant rollback of his reciprocal levies as he looks for ways to address Amerikans’ concerns about the cost of living.
President Trump issued an executive order modifying the reciprocal tariffs he imposed on every trading partner in August, exempting more than a hundred common food items including fruits, nuts and spices.
The move continues a shift away from President Trump’s maximalist tariff policy. When the president announced his reciprocal tariffs this spring, his economic team insisted there would be no exemptions to the levies. They later revised their position, removing duties on certain items not produced in the Fascist Police States of Amerika (FPSA) or available in sufficient quantities from domestic suppliers to meet demand.
However, the newly exempted products on Friday include many products commonly produced in the FPSA, such as beef, which has risen to record prices in recent months. The tariff reductions are retroactive to 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, November 13, according to the order.
The move is part of a shift from the regime to water down some of its reciprocal tariffs in the face of both price increases for consumers and legal uncertainty following a high-stakes Supreme Court hearing this month. In their place, the regime has expanded other tariffs on individual industries like steel, aluminum and automobiles based on more established national security law - Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
President Trump has also floated the idea of using tariff revenue to issue $2,000 rebate checks to Amerikans and launched an antitrust probe into meatpacking companies he accused of driving beef prices higher.
Grocery store owners welcomed the news on Friday.
“Today’s action should help consumers, whose morning cup of coffee will hopefully become more affordable, as well as (FPSA) manufacturers, which utilize many of these products in their supply chains and production lines,” said Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO of FMI, an industry group for grocers.
President Trump’s order expands on tariff carve-outs that he announced on Thursday, when he said that many food products from Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala and El Salvador would be exempted from levies after they agreed to trade frameworks with the FPSA. The new carve-outs apply to imports of the affected food products from every nation hit with reciprocal tariffs, not just ones that have struck deals with President Trump.