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Eugene

(65,697 posts) Sat Jul 5, 2025, 12:06 PM Jul 5

Trump threatens 17% tariffs on food and farm produce exports from Europe

Source: The Guardian

Trump threatens 17% tariffs on food and farm produce exports from Europe

EU says it ‘favours a negotiated solution’ but is prepared for potential trade war with retaliatory duties

Lisa O'Carroll
Fri 4 Jul 2025 19.50 BST
Last modified on Fri 4 Jul 2025 20.41 BST

Donald Trump threatened to impose 17% tariffs on food and farm produce exports from Europe during talks in Washington this week, it has emerged.

Such tariffs would hit everything from Belgian chocolate to Kerrygold butter from Ireland and olive oil from Italy, Spain and France, all big sellers in the US.

First reported in the Financial Times, sources confirmed that the EU trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, was given the warning on Thursday when he met the US treasure secretary, Scott Bessent, trade representative Jamieson Greer and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.

EU ambassadors were briefed on the threat on Friday.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/04/trump-threatens-17-tariffs-on-food-and-farm-produce-exports-from-europe

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Heading to Costco to stock my pantry. pandr32 Jul 5 #1

pandr32

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1. Heading to Costco to stock my pantry.

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Sat Jul 5, 2025, 12:22 PM

Jul 5

We need to prepare ourselves. I can't help but think there will be a pretty skinny Thanksgiving this year. Migrants aren't showing up to pick and process crops, and they also work the meat packing plants.
We are a little more sustainable here in Hawaii with our own food industries, including grass-fed cattle, and many of us grow food on our properties. We have avocado, breadfruit, orange, lime, lemon, mango, guava, and banana trees. We also grow chilies, tomatos, purple sweet potato, and herbs in pots on our lanai.
It is time for all of us to do what we can to not lose access to food.

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