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Trump’s administration imposed a combined 107% tariff on Italian pasta, threatening to more than double prices for American consumers.
Italy’s pasta exports to the U.S., worth roughly $700 million annually, face potential devastation for small and medium-sized producers.
Italian officials and importers argue the tariffs lack evidence and unfairly target basic food staples rather than luxury goods.
Steel: 50%. Copper: 50%. Cars: up to 25%. But an even bigger Trump-era levy looms: 107 % on Italian pasta.
Mamma mia.
It started with the U.S. Commerce Department launching what it says was a routine antidumping review, based on allegations Italian pasta makers sold product into the US

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