The Trump administration is laying off thousands at USAID, which funds the North Kingstown social enterprise that has fed 25 million children around the world.
A central issue for retailers is that shoppers are unlikely to distinguish between levies on imported goods and other factors that could affect prices, one food economist said.
Leaders of U.S. agriculture organizations quickly voiced concern about the potential impacts they foresee from Trump’s tariffs, highlighting fears that they could hurt those who grow America’s food.
The U.S. Agency for International Development is facing a reckoning under the second Trump administration following years of allegations of mismanagement of funds.