A group of California Republicans is urging the Trump administration to curb "harmful surges" of Mexican avocado imports, warning that cartel influence over Mexico's avocado trade is threatening U.S. growers.In a letter Monday to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, seven Republican members of California's congressional delegation called for "reasonable and enforceable" limits on sudden avocado import surges as part of negotiations over the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).The letter was signed by Reps. James Gallagher, Jay Obernolte, Ken Calvert, Young Kim, David Valadao, Darrell Iss...
California Republicans warn cartel-linked avocado imports threaten US growers
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Oct 6, 2026 • 2 weeks ago
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