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This is wild. Free chips and salsa could be the next casualty of the trade war, per KERA News. Trump slapped a 17% tariff on Mexican tomatoes, which supply about 90% of U.S. tomato imports. Then bad weather hit, and tomato prices spiked to a 20-year high, around $80 a box. Some stores stopped carrying tomatoes altogether. Now restaurants are saying they can't afford to put salsa on the table anymore. Some Texas spots already charge up to $5.25 a basket, per Texas Monthly. Free chips and salsa could become the next casualty of the trade war, per KERA News. Read more: https://t.co/dwmfJxfB15