Higher tariffs on Mexican tomatoes went into effect during the summer. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/File

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that retroactively lowers tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, among other agricultural imports, backdated to Thursday.

The order Trump signed excludes the goods from “reciprocal” tariff rates, which start at 10% and go as high as 50%. However, the order doesn’t exempt the goods entirely from tariffs.

For instance, tomatoes from Mexico, a major supplier to the United States, will continue to be tariffed at 17% . That rate took effect in July after a nearly three-decade-old trade agreement expired. Tomato prices increased almost immediately after those tariffs were put in place.

Many of the commodities that will

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