House Bill to Seek Coffee Import Exemption From Trump’s Tariffs

Sept. 19, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

House lawmakers plan to introduce a bipartisan bill Friday to exempt coffee imports from Donald Trump’s tariffs, a long-shot effort to shield a key commodity grown almost entirely outside the US from the president’s trade war.

Representatives Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, and Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, are advancing the measure, which would reverse coffee tariffs to the level they were the day before Trump took office, according to a copy of the legislation seen by Bloomberg News.

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