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U.S. coffee drinkers and businesses will pay the price for Trump's Brazil tariffs

Jeff Yerxa, co-owner of Lost Sock Roasters, shows bags of coffee beans, many from Brazil, at the company

President Trump plans to levy a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the source of about 30% of U.S. coffee imports. This looming tariff threat has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry.

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