Tariff Turmoil: Why America's Trade Policy Rocked the Global Cheese Industry | culture: the word on cheese

For the specialty cheese industry, “Liberation Day” was anything but liberating. On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order implementing a broad set of new tariffs, or taxes on products imported from other countries, dubbing the occasion “Liberation Day” in recognition of what he called the United States’ “declaration of economic independence.” The order announced unprecedented tariffs of 10 to 50 percent across a broad range of trading partners, including the European Un

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