From beans to bananas, Washington's tariff rethink.
The administration is now understanding the supply chain of fresh fruits and vegetables.
It'll make a big difference for our programs,
especially the upcoming leachee program we have in South Africa.
Welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm Sam Fennick.
In a plan to help American families with their weekly shop,
the White House is hinting it'll cut import duties on everyday items like coffee and bananas.
But when will shoppers feel the difference?
And we head to India, where it's a different story.
Food prices are falling.
So if you live in the United States you might have noticed that your weekly grocery bill has been getting a bit more expensive lately.
Rising import costs and new tariffs have pushed up prices for everyday items like coffee and bananas.
But now the Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says that some relief could be on the way.
Here he is speaking to Fox News on Wednesday.
You're going to see substantial announcement over the next couple of days in terms of things we don't grow here in the United States.
Coffee being one of them, bananas, other fruits.
That will bring the prices down very quickly.
Now inflation in the US has risen every month since April when the tariffs were introduced.
In September it hit 3% and in the same month the consumer price index showed that banana prices were up nearly 7% from a year earlier.