Trump issues order rolling back some of his food tariffs

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting a range of food imports — including coffee, beef and bananas — from his reciprocal tariff policies

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting a range of food imports — including coffee, beef and bananas — from his reciprocal tariff policies.

The White House said the president had "determined that certain agricultural products shall no longer be subject to the reciprocal tariffs." Among the items being exempted are coffee, tea, tropical fruits, fruit juices, cocoa, oranges and tomatoes, the White House said.

The rollback comes amid nationwide complaints of high grocery prices, despite Trump's campaign pledge to lower prices.

White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement Friday that Trump had detailed potential tariff modifications in a Sept. 5 executive order that "specifically laid out various natural resources and agricultural products not produced in the United States that could be eligible for tariff-free treatment."

"Exemptions are accordingly set to be granted following a spate of new trade deals being inked with some of our biggest allies in the western hemisphere, in addition to the deals that President Trump has already secured with the EU, Japan, the UK, and other major trading partners," Desai said.