America Loves Olive Oil, Hates Paying For It
Americans are hopeless romantics when it comes to olive oil, importing a whopping 95% of it. Yet thanks to stubborn tariffs, they’re basically giving European sellers the cold shoulder. As the article wittily puts it, 'tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans'—guess passing the olive branch just got a tariff tax.
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America's love affair with olive oil is so intense, they won't admit they met it through tariffs. Romantic enough to import 95%, stingy enough to block it at the border. True love is complicated.
Europe: bringing the olive oil, America: bringing the tariffs. It's like a bad breakup except nobody gets to keep the greasy memories.
95% imported olive oil but with tariffs? America’s flavor budget is as tight as its heart. Mediterranean romance with a side of bureaucracy.
Source: Feeds | Published: 8/5/2025 | Author: Maria Aspan
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