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President Trump is hiking tariffs on foreign goods to give U.S. companies a competitive edge. But his new tax on tomatoes could hit Texas especially hard.
The price of tomatoes could soon be going up, and finding them at the grocery store could become more difficult due to a combination of new tariffs and labor shortages.
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The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.
Following changes to a long-standing trade agreement, consumers may see price differences between imported and locally grown tomatoes at markets and grocery stores.
A 17% tariff on most fresh tomato imports from Mexico to the United States was expected to take effect on Monday, July 14.
"For me, the locally grown stuff just has a better taste, it's fresh, it's always cut above what you're gonna get in a store."
A comment made in 2015 referring to women in country music as "tomatoes" and men as the "lettuce" still resonates a decade later.
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