PROFIT. EVER SINCE. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION IMPOSING STEEP TARIFFS ON SEVERAL NATIONS, SOME BUSINESS OWNERS SAYING IT HAS CAUSED SKYROCKETING PRICES. THE TARIFF AGENDA OF THIS PRESIDENT, HE BELIEVES VERY STRONGLY IN IT. AND AS YOU’VE ALL SEEN, HE’S UNAFRAID TO USE TARIFFS TO PROTECT OUR INDUSTRIES AND PROTECT OUR WORKERS. SOME WOULD ARGUE, FUELING INFLATION FOR GOODS IMPORTED INTO THE U.S., IT’S KIND OF HARD TO EVEN FIND THESE PRODUCTS AND GET THEM TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. BUT AS FAR AS IT GOES, IT’S BECOMING MORE AND MORE COSTLY TO GET IT OUT HERE FROM EVERYTHING FROM SHIPPING IT TO THE ACTUAL PRODUCTS ITSELF. FOR BUSINESSES LIKE EUROZONE AND NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE OWNER PATRICK ROSINSKI TELLS US THEY RELY ON FOREIGN PRODUCTS, WHICH HAS RAISED THE COST OF GOODS SOLD. JUST REALLY WANT TO TRY AND KEEP THIS ALIVE. BUT IT’S AT THE POINT OF LIKE A BREAKING POINT OF IF I CAN KEEP SQUEEZING OUT OF IT. RECENTLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION REACHING A TRADE AGREEMENT ON A 15% TARIFF FOR MOST EUROPEAN UNION GOODS IMPORTED INTO THE U.S., THE TARIFF KIND OF WAR THAT’S BEEN GOING ON, IT FEELS LIKE IT’S JUST BEEN A CHALLENGE FROM THE GET GO. I’VE HAD ISSUES WHERE I’M ORDERING A PRODUCT I HAVE TO PUT IN WITH THE DELI. TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. THEY’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PROCESSING AND MAKING THESE PRODUCTS FOR ME, AND THEN I’M TRYING TO CORRESPOND WITH A GROUP THAT’S IMPORTING PRODUCTS FROM EUROPE TO COMBINE THEM, AND THEN SEND IT TO ME. FEDERAL FUNDS STABILIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE HELD A MEETING TO HEAR FROM THOSE AFFECTED. CO-CHAIR IN NEW MEXICO, STATE SENATOR BILL SOLES AIRING CONCERNS AS IF THOSE BUSINESSES CLOSE DOWN OR DON’T STAY VIABLE. THEN THE STATE IS NOT COLLECTING THE REVENUE AND THE INCOME OFF OF THOSE.
How tariffs are affecting prices in New Mexico
“There’s no way around it. Food, in general, is becoming a point where there’s no profit to be made,” Euro Zone owner Patrick Fruzynski said
Updated: 6:53 AM MDT Oct 24, 2025
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, business owners in New Mexico aired concerns at the “Federal Funds Stabilization Subcommittee” meeting following steep tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration in 2025. Some argue it has fueled inflation for goods imported into the U.S. MORE: Live updates on Tariffs However, in June 2025, White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated, “The tariff agenda of this president, he believes very strongly in it. As you’ve all seen, he’s unafraid to use tariffs to protect our industries and protect our workers.” On Thursday, Oct. 23, KOAT spoke with Euro Zone Food Distributors business owner Patrick Fruzynski on the impacts he states he’s faced since the tariffs were imposed. Euro Zone Food Distributors opened in 2009. However, Fruzynski has owned the store for three years. KOAT also spoke with the co-chair of the Federal Funds Stabilization Subcommittee and New Mexico State Senator Bill Soules on the local impacts.”It’s kind of hard to even find these products and get them to the middle of the desert. It’s becoming more and more costly to get it out here, from shipping to the actual product itself. Now, it’s becoming challenging,” Fruzynski told KOAT.”I’m trying to give everything a high end. We want daily stuff to be able to make meals that people love. I want to try and keep this alive, but it’s the point of a breaking point of — if I can keep squeezing out of it,” Fruzynski said.Follow us on social: Facebook | X/Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeOn July 27, 2025, Trump and European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen reached a trade agreement on a 15% tariff for most European Union goods imported into the U.S. “The tariff, the kind of war that’s been going on, it’s been challenged from the get-go. I’ve had issues where I’m ordering a product, I have to put in with the deli two weeks in advance, in the middle of processing, and making these products for me. Then, I’m trying to correspond with a group that’s importing products from Europe to combine and then send it to me,” Fruzynski said. “The Federal Funds Stabilization Subcommittee met down in the Santa Teresa Industrial Park and heard from a couple of the tenants down there as to how the tariffs were affecting their businesses. Their biggest concern is the uncertainty,” Soules told KOAT. “Certainly, as a state, we’re concerned because if those businesses close down, or don’t stay viable, then the state’s not collecting the revenue and the income off of those. So, that’s why we had that as part of that committee.” Stay updated on the latest news with the KOAT app. You can download it here
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, business owners in New Mexico aired concerns at the “Federal Funds Stabilization Subcommittee” meeting following steep tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration in 2025. Some argue it has fueled inflation for goods imported into the U.S.
MORE: Live updates on Tariffs
However, in June 2025, White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated, “The tariff agenda of this president, he believes very strongly in it. As you’ve all seen, he’s unafraid to use tariffs to protect our industries and protect our workers.”
On Thursday, Oct. 23, KOAT spoke with Euro Zone Food Distributors business owner Patrick Fruzynski on the impacts he states he’s faced since the tariffs were imposed. Euro Zone Food Distributors opened in 2009. However, Fruzynski has owned the store for three years. KOAT also spoke with the co-chair of the Federal Funds Stabilization Subcommittee and New Mexico State Senator Bill Soules on the local impacts.
“It’s kind of hard to even find these products and get them to the middle of the desert. It’s becoming more and more costly to get it out here, from shipping to the actual product itself. Now, it’s becoming challenging,” Fruzynski told KOAT.
“I’m trying to give everything a high end. We want daily stuff to be able to make meals that people love. I want to try and keep this alive, but it’s the point of a breaking point of — if I can keep squeezing out of it,” Fruzynski said.
Follow us on social: Facebook | X/Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
On July 27, 2025, Trump and European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen reached a trade agreement on a 15% tariff for most European Union goods imported into the U.S.
“The tariff, the kind of war that’s been going on, it’s been challenged from the get-go. I’ve had issues where I’m ordering a product, I have to put in with the deli two weeks in advance, in the middle of processing, and making these products for me. Then, I’m trying to correspond with a group that’s importing products from Europe to combine and then send it to me,” Fruzynski said.
“The Federal Funds Stabilization Subcommittee met down in the Santa Teresa Industrial Park and heard from a couple of the tenants down there as to how the tariffs were affecting their businesses. Their biggest concern is the uncertainty,” Soules told KOAT. “Certainly, as a state, we’re concerned because if those businesses close down, or don’t stay viable, then the state’s not collecting the revenue and the income off of those. So, that’s why we had that as part of that committee.”
Stay updated on the latest news with the KOAT app. You can download it here