Frank Spano is a regular at Teitel Brothers on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. He loves Giuseppe Coco pasta.

“The flavor, the texture, and I mean, it’s so wonderful you can have it just boil it with nothing,” he said. “It’s just a different, a different level than all the others.”

But the price of his favorite product might be about to double. Giuseppe Coco is one of the 13 major brands that would be subject to a 107% tariff if the Trump administration follows through with plans to target Italian pasta. The earliest this plan would go into effect is January.

Gibert Teitel, who owns Teitel Brothers, a wholesale and retail grocery shop specializing in Italian products in the heart of Little Italy in the Bronx, says people are set in their ways when it comes to the pasta brand they buy.

“Get

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