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Tariff relief for US consumers

Tariff relief for US consumers

Update: 2025-11-12
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We examine pledges to ease the tariff burden on some US grocery staples. How will a reduction in levies on coffee and bananas help the consumer?

We also find out why food prices are going down in India and hear from Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz on what's driving increased global inequality.

Photo by JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock.

Coffee selection at a Safeway grocery store in Oakland, California, USA, 14 August 2024.
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Tariff relief for US consumers

Tariff relief for US consumers

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