President Donald Trump had more great economic news to share surrounding his imposition of tariffs on foreign imports. Last week, Trump announced the tariffs on imported goods from Mexico would go forward. Among the main imports from this country, avocados and tomatoes factored heavily. 

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The same Democrats who scoffed at high egg prices during the Biden administration clutched the pearls over having to pay more for tomatoes, so greatly concerned were they over the American consumer suffering economically. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (Democrat, of course) cried about tariffs on Mexican tomatoes causing "a billion-dollar tax hike" on families.

Kelly was joined by his fellow Arizona Democrat Sen. Ruben Gallegos, who, from the tenor of his X post, was one step away from slitting his wrists over it.

And proving she lacks an independent thought in her head, Gov. Katie Hobbs joined their chorus. 

There was much gloom and doom in the legacy and left-wing media outlets over this as well. The AP cast shade on the fact that American tomato farmers welcomed this development.

The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff.

Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry and ensure that produce eaten in the U.S. is also grown there. Mexico currently supplies around 70% of the U.S. tomato market, up from 30% two decades ago, according to the Florida Tomato Exchange.

Robert Guenther, the trade group’s executive vice president, said the duty was “an enormous victory for American tomato farmers and American agriculture.”

But opponents said the import tax will make tomatoes more expensive for U.S. consumers.

And this left-wing outlet predicted the sky was falling with sob stories from restaurants that claimed they would go under if these tariffs were imposed.

If tomato prices jump because of new tariffs on the Mexican-grown produce, restaurant owner Teresa Razo says her businesses could go bust.

“I give it three months, and then we go bankrupt,” said Teresa Razo, owner of two Argentine-Italian restaurants in Southern California.

On July 14, a nearly three-decade-old US-Mexico trade agreement may give way to 20.9% tariffs on most Mexican tomato imports. That could mean higher prices for Americans at the grocery store, at the pizza parlor — anywhere that uses tomatoes. And for some small businesses, higher prices could close them down entirely.

The tomato tariffs are among the latest examples of President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff policy, which has shaken up global trade, left companies uncertain how to plan for the future, and made Americans nervous about where the world’s biggest economy could be headed.

Field-grown tomatoes cost US shoppers about $1.70 per pound as of May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer tomato prices could rise by about 10% and demand may fall by 5% as a result of these tariffs, according to Timothy Richards, a professor of agribusiness at Arizona State University.

One week in, the sky is still in place and so much bluer — especially for American tomato farmers. On Monday, the White House celebrated the quantified gains made since his July 11 announcement. Now, tomato farmers across the United States are reporting increases in demand.

So much winning!

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In a decisive move to protect American agriculture and restore fairness, the Trump Administration’s tariffs on fresh Mexican tomato imports are already boosting American farmers, growers, and business owners. 

“It’s only been two days now, and we actually have a lot more calls of people having interest in doing business — and the price hasn’t even changed.” Chad Smith, Smith Tomato Farms.

Another Alabama tomato producer also weighed in on what the cessation of the U.S.-Mexico Suspension Agreement has done to improve their business prospects.

Young farmer Destiny Allman Gladden said she hopes the Trump administration's decisions will mean she can continue the family business in Blount County.

"Allman Farms & Orchards is owned by my dad, Daniel," Gladden said. "It's my hope that my brother, Chance, and I will get to continue it for years to come. Ending the Tomato Suspension Agreement feels like the first win we've had in years that might actually benefit us."

Tomato festivals are ubiquitous this time of year, especially in the South. East Tennessee is looking forward to not only a boon in attendance at these festivals, but also in product that will be sold. Local farmers are hopeful and heartened by the fact that, because of the tariffs, more Americans and American businesses will now be encouraged to buy locally and seek out tomato producers in Florida and California when the winter weather moves into their region.

Had the Biden administration had as much care for the American farmer as the Trump administration, and taken a tougher stance on Mexican imports, it might have prevented the conversion of a once-thriving Southern California tomato concern into a cannabis outfit. In 2022, Glass House Farms bought out the farmland in Camarillo, California, that once produced tomatoes and cucumbers until Mexican product priced them out of the market and out of business. All this new cannabis business served to do was enable the stronghold Mexican cartels have over the drug trade, increase human trafficking, and steal American ingenuity and productivity. 

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