Farm groups and Republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm over a 21% tariff that goes into effect on Monday that hits fresh tomato imports from Mexico, threatening to shake up a North American supply chain that provides billions of pounds of tomatoes to U.S. consumers each year.At the heart of the battle is the termination of the Tomato Suspension Agreement, a trade pact first signed in 1996 and last updated in 2019. The deal paused anti-dumping duties in exchange for Mexican exporters agreeing to price minimums. But in April, the U.S. Commerce Department announced it would withdraw from the...
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