The avocado case before the WTO stops pandemic

With the pandemic and travel restrictions, the second hearing before the World Trade Organization (WTO), which Mexico has against Costa Rica for the export of national avocado to that country, was suspended. Costa Rica prohibited the importation of fresh Mexican avocado for consumption, as it considered that there is a risk that the “Sunblotch” or Mancha de Sol plague would enter the South American nation, this after 20 years of exports by Mexico to that territory. Faced with this, since 2017, the Country took the case before the WTO. The first hearing was held at the end of October last year and the second was scheduled for the beginning of the second half of 2020, but due to the pandemic and the closure of some face-to-face activities, the date of this meeting had to be postponed, which It has also occurred with other hearings in various cases at the WTO, reported a source familiar with the procedure. After the second hearing takes place, there is a period of between four to six ...