USA: Setting the record straight on the Tomato Suspension Agreement

게시됨 2023년 6월 28일

Tridge 요약

The Florida Tomato Exchange (FTE) has filed a request with the Department of Commerce to terminate the Tomato Suspension Agreement, citing established facts and U.S. antidumping law. The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA), a trade group representing importers of Mexican produce, attacked the FTE in a press release but provided no legal arguments. The FTE argues that the suspension agreement has failed to protect against unfairly traded Mexican tomatoes, which continue to harm the American tomato industry.

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This is not Florida vs. Mexico. This is legal process supported by the vast majority of American tomato growers.MAITLAND, FL – June 27, 2023: On June 16, the Florida Tomato Exchange (FTE) BB #:162441 filed a request with the Department of Commerce to terminate the Tomato Suspension Agreement.This request was based on established facts and U.S. antidumping law. Days later, the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) BB #:144354, a trade group that represents importers of Mexican produce, issued a press release attacking the FTE and wildly mischaracterizing the issues at hand.In its press release, the FPAA didn’t make a single legal argument, which is telling given that this is a legal matter. In 2019, the Mexican industry and FPAA had their day in court to prove that Mexican tomatoes weren’t being dumped and weren’t materially injuring the U.S. tomato industry. They lost the case on both counts before the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission.It was ...

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