President Trump this week signed an Executive Order to exempt a set of agricultural products that are not produced in the U.S. from current reciprocal tariffs.
The list of exemptions is focused on products not produced in the U.S. “This is primarily food and agriculture products that we simply don’t make in the United States,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters at the White House.
Multiple officials, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Greer, have cited products like coffee, bananas, and other tropical fruits as examples.
Greer noted that, even when the administration initially announced a slate of reciprocal tariffs on April 2, it was known that some products may require exemptions to the policy.
No chicken products are included in the list of exemptions. The U.S. imports very few chicken products.
President Trump, in September, issued an Executive Order that provided limited exemptions for products not made or grown in the U.S. and purchased from countries with which the administration had already struck a trade deal. This week’s list of exemptions expands to products from countries that have not yet announced deals with the U.S.
A White House spokesperson, Kush Desai, said the “Trump administration is committed to pursuing a nimble, nuanced, and multifaceted strategy on trade and tariffs.”
The Executive Order can be found here. The annex listing the products exempted can be found here.
