The U.S. government and Mexican growers agreed to new rules for trade in tomatoes that will suspend tariffs imposed since May and implement import rules demanded by Florida growers to protect their industry.
The deal was reached at midnight on Tuesday in Washington, according to a statement, which lawyers had agreed was the final opportunity to stop the probe and allow for 30 days of public comment.
Making the duties permanent threatened to hit the Mexican agriculture industry as well as American supermarkets and restaurants. Florida growers said Mexico, the world’s largest tomato exporter, has been unfairly undercutting American farmers on price, hurting the state’s agriculture. Mexico denied that its farmers are dumping