Bipartisan Bill Introduced in House to End Coffee Tariffs
Three Democrats and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., introduced a bill to end tariffs on imported coffee, and return them to the duty-free status they had before the administration imposed 10% tariffs on Colombia, 50% tariffs on Brazil, and 20% tariffs on Vietnam.
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The members said that retail coffee prices are up 21% year-over-year, and that putting tariffs on a product that the U.S. does not produce at commercial scale makes no sense.
"Article One of the Constitution makes clear that Congress has the authority to set tariffs, and this legislation begins to reclaim that authority. I look forward to working with Rep. [Ro] Khanna on this bipartisan bill and believe it can help spark the broader debate about Congress reclaiming its constitutional role in tariff policy," Bacon said in a press release.
"Americans started a revolution over a tax on tea. U.S. coffee prices have increased significantly in the last year, in part due to Trump’s tariffs. If you drink coffee every morning, how can you not be mad about that? Our bipartisan bill is simple: it removes Trump's tariffs on coffee to bring down costs," Khanna said in the release.