The United States has imposed a 17 percent tariff on most imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico over its alleged unfair trade practices, the Commerce Department said on July 14.
The department stated that it was issuing an antidumping duty order to measure the percentage by which Mexican tomatoes have been sold in the United States at unfairly low prices.
This followed the federal government’s decision to terminate a 2019 trade agreement it had signed with Mexico, which had previously suspended the antidumping investigation into Mexican tomato imports.
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in a statement that the move is in line with President Donald Trump’s trade policies and approach with Mexico….