Flash News List

List of Flash News about tariff reduction

Time Details
2025-11-14
11:14 UTC
Trump Executive Order to Cut Food Tariffs: CPI Relief Risk, Fed Path, and BTC/ETH Market Impact

According to @KobeissiLetter, the White House says President Trump is signing an executive order to reduce tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee, and bananas to lower grocery costs amid persistent food inflation (source: @KobeissiLetter). Lower import tariffs on coffee and bananas—products the U.S. largely imports—can reduce imported food costs and potentially trim the food-at-home CPI component, which holds a meaningful weight in headline CPI, if savings are passed to consumers (sources: USDA Economic Research Service; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Any moderation in food inflation would support expectations for easier Federal Reserve policy given FOMC guidance that policy depends on inflation progress, typically pressuring real yields and the U.S. dollar—conditions that have historically supported risk assets including BTC and ETH (sources: Federal Reserve FOMC; CME FedWatch). Near-term trading watch: ICE Coffee (KC), CME Live Cattle (LE), major grocery retailers (WMT, COST, KR), BRL and COP for key coffee exporters, alongside DXY, UST 2Y/10Y, and BTC/ETH spot and perpetual funding for positioning shifts on tariff headlines (sources: ICE; CME Group; USDA ERS). Note that tariff pass-through to retail prices is often partial and lagged, suggesting the CPI impact could be smaller than headlines imply (source: U.S. International Trade Commission).

Source