Use, because Trump’s duties will make the Americans gain weight (and it’s not good)
One of the effects of the duties is that the Americans, who already do not shine for a healthy and healthy diet (70 percent is obese or overweight), will begin to eat less and less fruit and vegetables
If there is a lesson that can be drawn from the American elections, with the advent of Donald Trump, it is that the old adage that was struggling to explain a little – that politics counts, that it is not true that politicians are all the same, that It is not true that one government is worth the other -, now he has had a proof of qualunquista. The repercussions for millions of people and for some categories in particular have been enormous, but they can also be evaluated on the daily life of the average American citizen. And on his health. We are not talking about the question of health in the strict sense and advent to the Ministry of Robert Kennedy, among the most well -known anti -senior and non -slip anti -stacked. However, let’s talk about the diet, and therefore also indirectly of health.
The US diet
One of the effects of the duties is that the Americans, who already do not shine for a healthy and healthy diet (70 % are obese or overweight)they will begin to eat less and less fruit and vegetables. Yes, because most of Tomatoes, avocado, peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins are grown in Mexico and Canada. Affected by duties of 25%, suspended until April 2nd. If Trump decides to continue in the dissenting policy of customs rates, it would be a hard blow for those who suppose in American supermarkets.
The fruit and vegetables imported
60% of the fruit is imported, like 30% of vegetables. Forbes made these calculations: 99% of the tomatoes imported to the United States, 99% of the lettuce, 88% of carrots, 70% of avocado, arrived from Mexico and Canada. The solution, for Trump and his associates, is always the same: « America First ». In the sense that one should begin to cultivate more internally. But it’s not as simple as it seems. To do this, it would be necessary to subtract the land from other uses, build infrastructures, find available farmers and labor (the expulsion policies of migrants, of course, do not help).
The increases of 2.9%
How long will fruit and vegetables increase? Considering that the duties are on the value of the price at the border, The Atlantic reports that a reliable estimate is of A 2.9 percent increase in retail prices. Little? Not really: that price is an average that concerns all products, including those cultivated in America, and corresponds to two years of inflation. And considering what we wrote on the price of the eggs, which worries Trump, and on the inflation rate, which was among the factors that led to the defeat of Biden, the question is not secondary.
The fresh products will be affected, while the impact will be less on prepared and processed foods. It might seem like a secondary theme. But, just hear what he says to Rachel Sugar of The Atlantic Sarah Bowen, sociologist of North Carolina State University: «We asked mothers what they would buy if they had more money. The far more frequent response, far, was: fresh fruit, strawberries, grapes ».
