What olive oil tells us about Trump's tariffs

橄榄油告诉我们关于特朗普关税的什么信息

The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-08-28

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Trump's tariffs are making business harder for international olive oil producers and it turns out those tariffs are even complicating other parts of the Trump administration's agenda, too. Today on the show: Olive oil and the unintended consequences of Trump's tariffs. Related episodes:  Three ways companies are getting around tariffs The legal case for — and against — Trump's tariffs For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Adrian Ma.

  • And just back from her vacation in Tuscany,

  • I am joined by NPR's financial correspondent, Maria Aspin.

  • Maria, welcome to the show.

  • Thanks so much, Adrienne.

  • It is great to be here, though I have to admit I'm sad not to be in Italy anymore.

  • It's always sad not to be in Italy.

  • But it sounds like you had a pretty awesome vacation.

  • It was, and it was especially delicious,

  • full of wine and sun-ripened tomatoes and lots of local extra virgin olive oil.

  • I even went on a tour of the groves for one small producer called Olio Piro,

  • hiking through the olive trees on the steep hills of Seggiano.

  • in southern Tuscany.

  • It was a ridiculously gorgeous view of the Tuscan countryside.

  • So, of course, I was thinking about trade policy.

  • Even on vacation, you're thinking about trade policy.

  • You can't take the econ brain out of the financial reporter.

  • And especially in the middle of olive oil country.

  • I mean,