Trump administration to slap Mexican tomatoes with 21% ‘antidumping duty’ during peak season

Fuente: New York Post

Most tomatoes imported from Mexico will be hit with a 21% tariff this summer in an effort to “protect” US growers, the Trump administration announced Monday.   The new fee will be implemented on July 14, near the start of peak tomato season, and when the Department of Commerce intends to terminate a 2019 trade agreement with Mexico on the red fruit.   “The current agreement has failed to protect US tomato growers from unfairly priced Mexican imports,” read a statement released by the Department of Commerce, noting that the agency has been “flooded with comments” urging the government to withdraw from the agreement struck during President Trump’s first term.