Israel Finance Minister Calls for Lifting Tariffs on US Imports

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls on Economy Minister Nir Barkat and Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter to act immediately to remove tariffs on products from the US, in line with the free trade agreement between the two countries.

• Duties on imports from the US stand at about 42m shekels a year, with the majority related to agricultural imports
• Smotrich says in a March 20 letter to the ministers that he sees the current US administration as “a real opportunity to shape a new strategic economic future for the countries, while strengthening the global leadership of the US and Israel’s central ...