Tariffs to hit a dinner table favorite: Italian pasta
Marketplace Morning Report
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4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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The Trump administration is moving to levy tariffs of over 90% on popular Italian pasta brands on “anti-dumping” grounds. We look at how the move could impact grocery prices for the pantry staple. Plus, even though we don’t have a government jobs report this month due to the shutdown, private sector numbers give us an idea of the state of the labor market. And, as New Mexico moves to provide free childcare, a look at how daycare benefits businesses.
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| 0:31.6 | Basta pasta. |
| 0:33.7 | I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. |
| 0:36.1 | Good morning to you. |
| 0:37.1 | Get set for Fetucini, Spaghetti, Cavatelli, Fusili, Farfala, and my personal favorite, Strazzapretti, made in Italy. They get a lot more expensive than made in America macaroni. The Italians have been selling overly cheap. It's called dumping. And now come tariffs that'll nearly double the price of made in Italy pasta. |
| 0:57.8 | Marketplaces Matt Levin reports. |
| 0:59.9 | Apparently, pasta from the old world really does taste different. |
| 1:03.6 | It's why Bennett Ferbony uses imported Italian pasta for his lasagna and spaghetti dishes. |
| 1:09.1 | He's the co-owner of Forbony's Italian specialties and delicatessen outside Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:15.2 | These Italian pastas act differently after they come out and they're soft and they're put in a dish. |
| 1:19.5 | They hold their texture. |
| 1:20.6 | They don't turn into a big glob. |
| 1:22.3 | Fiboni also sells uncooked Italian pastas for his customers to make it home. |
| 1:26.7 | He says he'd have to pass at least part of a 92% tariff onto customers. |
| 1:32.3 | I do worry that we'll lose people to buy stuff from, you know, the big grocery stores, |
| 1:36.7 | but I try not to lose any sleep over it. |
| 1:39.4 | The pasta tariffs come at a stressful time for U.S. Italian trade relations. |
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