"Thursday morning, that posture cracked. Buried in a late Friday news dump, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order exempting more than 100 food items from the reciprocal tariffs he once insisted were essential to safeguarding America's economic security. The order itself makes clear why: domestic demand, production capacity, and trade negotiations all made these exemptions necessary and appropriate. In other words, the policy had become politically and economically untenable."
"The move follows New York Times reporting that internal polling showed voters souring on tariffs as grocery prices climbeda warning the White House clearly took seriously. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on Fox Business last week to preview a rollback of food tariffsa clear sign the White House recognized the political stakes. The administration calls this targeted modifications. It is anything but. This is a visible, sweeping retreat on a signature policy that affects products Americans buy and consume every week."
President Donald Trump issued an executive order exempting more than 100 food items from reciprocal tariffs. Domestic demand, production capacity, and trade negotiations made those exemptions necessary. Internal polling showed voters souring on tariffs as grocery prices climbed, prompting administration concern. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previewed a rollback on Fox Business. The administration labeled the changes targeted modifications, but the exemptions amount to a sweeping retreat from a signature tariff policy. Consumers face immediate grocery impacts on coffee, beef, and citrus. Rural lawmakers and agricultural groups are unnerved, swing-state voters feel the pinch, and international partners have restructured trade flows away from the United States.
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