Pasta is displayed on shelves at an H-E-B grocery store on November 10, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The Trump administration plans to impose a 107% tariff on Italian pasta imports, effectively making doing business in the U.S. too costly according to producers and likely causing them they say to pull out of the market as soon as January
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Americans’ most loved Italian food staple could soon double in price or disappear from U.S. supermarket shelves following tariffs imposed by the Trump administration that could go into force from January. Our reporter in Rome explores why the tariffs are being applied and what it could mean for Italian producers and U.S. consumers.
Dining and Cooking