The Commerce Department is investigating whether Mexico’s exports of fresh winter strawberries to the United States violates fair trade practices.
The U.S. International Trade Commission determined there’s a “reasonable indication” that unfairly priced winter strawberries from Mexico are hurting U.S. farmers.
That comes after a complaint filed late last year by the Florida-based Strawberry Growers for Fair Trade.
The investigation could be the first step toward tariffs on winter strawberries from Mexico. Last year, a similar complaint from Florida growers led to a new, double-digit tariff on tomatoes grown in Mexico.
Arizona imported about $2.8 billion of agricultural products from Mexico last year, according to the University of Arizona. Much of that was fresh produce, which mostly passes over the border tariff-free, because of the free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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