U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it will begin imposing a 17.5 percent tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes, but said it is optimistic that a deal can be reached to extend a 2013 agreement that suspended a U.S. anti-dumping investigation.

“The Department of Commerce remains committed to ensuring that American domestic industries are protected from unfair trading practices,” Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said in a statement. “We remain optimistic that there will be a negotiated solution.”

The tariff will go into effect in about a week.

Mexican Deputy Economy Minister Luz Maria de la Mora said Monday that U.S. consumers will face financial impacts after they could not reach agreement.

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BUSINESS NEWS MAY 7, 2019 / 5:20 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
David Shepardson
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tomatoes-mexico/u-s-to-levy-tariff-on-imported-mexican-tomatoes-in-trade-spat-idUSKCN1SD2JR

[Chin music]

1. Oh great. Another tariff we'll pay for.

5.00 tomatos.....

[BigmanPigman]

2. I heard this yesterday at my supermarket.

I told the checker (I live in southern CA) that all the prices have gone up. He said he was just told that stuff from Mexico was going to go up even more really soon so be on the lookout. What timing! He warned me YESTERDAY!

[Mosby]

10. beefsteak tomatos are cheap this time of year

I haven't seen an increase.

[BigmanPigman]

13. We won't see it until at least next week.

I live in CA so we may see it faster too.

[C Moon]

3. What are we going to hurl at GOP candidate speeches?

[dameatball]

16. If you can wait about two more months mine should be ripe!

[Brother Buzz]

4. A tariff to protect 'tennis ball' tomatoes from imported 'tennis ball' tomatoes?

Thank you very much, but I'll wait for the genuine locally grown tomatoes that actually have flavor.

[sop]

5. Further damage to Mexican agriculture and workers

could result in another Caravan, just in time for the election so he can ratchet up the fear. And when voters figure out his tariff increased immigration, he'll tell deplorables he did it so Mexico would pay for the wall.

[paleotn]

6. And yet....

they won't let immigrants in to pick US tomatoes.

[LuckyLib]

15. Tomatoes have been picked by machine for decades. Only rarely, on small farms,

are they hand-picked. Florida tomato growers are up in arms because imported Mexican tomatoes are higher quality, and consumers are voting with their taste buds and their wallets. Trumpie is bowing to the Florida Repug tomato growers with an eye on 2020.

[NickB79]

23. That's because the machines pick them green and hard

And subsequently they taste like crap.

I'll stick with my 20 open-pollinated tomato seedling of my own breeding. Now that I built a greenhouse I can keep them alive and bearing until mid-Nov up here in Minnesota.

[iluvtennis]

7. Just so damn disgusting. First $2.50 each avocados &now $2.50 each tomatoes- and that's here in CA

I cna only guess what it will cost those in the midwest.

And these idiots still support trumpty dumpty.

[Mosby]

12. I can buy a hass avocado in phx for a buck.

Your getting ripped off.

[Rambling Man]

14. Most of us don't live in Phoenix.

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. And for a very good reason, it's hotter then hell in the summer.

[Rambling Man]

20. Don't get me wrong

very beautiful place . . . in winter.

[LogicFirst]

19. Where?

The cheapest I can find is 3 for $5 - $1.67 each.

[Mosby]

22. they are 1.29 at target.

[forgotmylogin]

8. I'm glad I don't like tomatoes...

But I know they're in a lot of other products. I will miss avocados though.

[Dawson Leery]

9. There is too much power in the Executive.

[LibFarmer]

18. Another stupid tariff that will hurt the poor

working class people. Will they still like Trump after everything from burgers to pizza starts costing more?

[keithbvadu2]

21. How do you fix a broken tomato? Tomato paste.