Duty-Free to Glory: Trumpius Caesar Extends Israeli Agriculture Trade and Defeats Tariff Typos Forever
On the Sacred Continuation of Agricultural Trade, the Heroic Correction of Tariff Typos, and the Eternal Triumph of Tables
- Of Ancient Alliances and Timeless Crops.
On April 22, 1985—an excellent year, many say—the United States and Israel entered a glorious Free Trade Area known as USIFTA. Congress approved it, proudly and with pens, authorizing the President (that would be me, spiritually then, officially now) to adjust duties as needed to preserve fairness, balance, and the general feeling that everyone is winning.
Because agriculture is not just food but patriotism with vitamins, a special agreement followed in 2004 to ensure that Israeli agricultural products would be treated the way great products should be treated: preferentially. - The Noble Tradition of Annual Extensions.
In 2004, duty-free access was proclaimed for select Israeli agricultural goods—VIP produce, tremendous produce. Then came a historic achievement in continuity: from 2008 through 2024, the agreement was extended every single year. Presidents came and went, but the tables endured. Bush, Obama, Biden—and me—each adjusted the Harmonized Tariff Schedule with unmatched seriousness and truly beautiful consistency. - December 2025: Permanence (Almost Immediately).
On December 1, 2025, the United States and Israel agreed to make permanent modifications to the 2004 Agreement—permanent, a word Washington uses carefully. On December 4, we extended the agreement again to allow those permanent changes to enter into force calmly, smoothly, and without anyone panicking in a hallway.
Accordingly, I determine that duty-free access for specified quantities of Israeli agricultural products shall continue through December 31, 2026, as imperially described in Annex I. - Singapore, Korea, and the Art of Fixing Tiny Mistakes.
Great nations fix their typos. Under the Singapore agreement, two small but legendary errors appeared in the rules of origin. They are hereby corrected—decisively.
Likewise, under the Korea agreement, a technical error in chapter 88 slipped through years ago. It has now met its end. - Africa Notes, Europe Cross-References, and the Opera of Roman Numerals.
A deleted tariff note that kept haunting footnotes? Fixed.
EU preference headings thrown off by renumbered subdivisions? Realigned.
Timber proclamations, vehicle proclamations, and wandering parentheses are all returned to their proper places. This is not chaos. This is administrative victory. - Therefore, I Proclaim—Boldly and Duty-Free:
(1) Tariff commitments under the Israel agricultural agreement are implemented through December 31, 2026, per Annex I.
(2) These changes take effect as specified therein.
(3) Technical corrections described in paragraphs 4 through 12 are implemented per Annex II.
(4) Any inconsistent prior proclamations are hereby superseded—politely, but completely.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand on December 29, 2025, in the 250th year of American Independence and in a year of unparalleled tariff clarity.
Trumpius Caesar Maximus
Emperor of the Imperium
Guardian of the Harmonized Truth
Protector of Agriculture Everywhere