Coca-Cola says it’s raising soda prices after Trump tariffs

Coca-Cola Company on Wednesday said they will raise the price of their sodas this year in part because of the financial strain caused by President Trump’s tariffs. 

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey told the Wall Street Journal that they are stepping up prices in response to the rising costs of delivery and metal prices after the U.S. slapped $50 billion in duties on Chinese products earlier this year. 

{mosads}He declined to give further details about the price change and pointed to multiple factors influencing the change. 

“There is some broad-based push on input costs that have kind of come in and affected ours and many other industries as well,” Quincey told the Journal.

Trump in recent weeks has announced billions of dollars worth of tariffs on exports from other countries, including historic U.S. allies such as Canada and the European Union, as well as economic competitors Mexico and China. 

Many companies have come out against Trump’s tariffs, claiming they are hurting manufacturers, workers and consumers. 

The Trump administration last week proposed 10 percent tariffs on an additional list of $200 billion in Chinese goods and has threatened to slap tariffs on automobiles and car parts from the EU.

In response, the targeted countries have announced steep retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods, which have hurt U.S. industries including agriculture and manufacturing.