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The bill freezes tariffs on key farm inputs to provide price certainty for farmers, rural communities, and agribusinesses, but it limits the executive branch's tariff tools—reducing trade leverage and potentially shifting costs onto taxpayers or domestic producers.
Farmers and agricultural producers will have more predictable input costs because tariffs on seeds, fertilizer, fuel, machinery, and other covered agricultural inputs are frozen at their Jan 19, 2025 levels.
Rural communities and small farms face reduced risk of sudden price spikes from new or emergency higher tariffs on farm inputs, supporting farm viability and local economic stability.
Importers and downstream buyers (e.g., livestock operations, food processors, small agribusinesses) gain regulatory certainty for budgeting and supply contracts due to frozen tariff levels.
Taxpayers and the federal government's flexibility to respond quickly to unfair trade practices or import surges is constrained because the executive branch cannot raise or impose emergency tariffs on the covered agricultural inputs.
U.S. manufacturers and some domestic suppliers could face competitive harm because restricting tariff authority reduces U.S. leverage in trade negotiations and retaliation, potentially allowing foreign exporters to maintain or grow market share.
Taxpayers and domestic producers may incur higher public costs if policymakers must replace tariff tools with subsidies or other budgetary measures to address import injury or price volatility.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Caps tariffs on listed agricultural inputs from countries with U.S. normal trade relations at levels in effect on Jan 19, 2025, and bars any future increases above that baseline.
Introduced February 25, 2026 by Jill Tokuda · Last progress February 25, 2026
Keeps import tariff rates for a defined list of agricultural inputs at the levels that applied on January 19, 2025, for countries with U.S. normal trade relations, and forbids raising those tariffs above that baseline in the future. It limits the executive branch and federal agencies from imposing higher tariffs on those listed seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, fuels, machinery, building materials, veterinary supplies, and other farm production items, regardless of other laws or emergency authorities.