Reaction from Tomato Industry Regarding Threat of Mexican Trade War

Randall Weiseman October 5, 2012 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Mexico is threatening retaliatory tariffs if the Department of Commerce does indeed end the 16-year-old Mexican tomato suspension agreement as it has stated in a preliminary ruling. But Reggie Brown with the Florida Tomato Exchange says any such retaliatory action would be ludicrous.

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