Mexico ranks first in fruit and vegetable exports; criticism of the sector is related to a political issue

John Curtainthe president National Agricultural Council (CNA), responded to Republican lawmakers in Florida who called what they called a “flood” of fruit and vegetable imports from Florida a threat. Mexico.

“Mexico does not refuse to comply with the demands,” he said in an interview with Dario Celis on El Heraldo Media Group’s Tiempo de Negocios program.

The business leader recalled that this year’s mid-term elections will be held in USA. He noted that legislators affiliated with the party Donald Trump they occupy this issue in order to gain the voter’s preference.

He noted that the national agricultural sector is calm about the accusations that come from the other side of the northern border, although he acknowledged that “these political issues cannot cause serious headaches.”

He explained that Mexico is the main supplier of food to the United States, and this country is the main supplier of grain. For this reason, he called for taking care of bilateral relations, as well as USMCA.

In turn, he noted that the President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador changed its position of a possible break after the conflict arising from the national energy policy.

“This is very good news,” he said, noting that President Tabasco has always mentioned the strength of the strategic partnership with the United States.

The business leader recalled that this year the US midterm elections will be held (Photo: Cuartoscuro)

Possible US investigation

Group last week Florida legislators asked the US trade agency to investigate what they called a “flood” of fruit and vegetable imports from Mexico.

Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scotttogether with more than 20 representatives filed a motion to open an investigation. They argued this letter with the same law that former President Donald Trump used to impose tariffs on billions of dollars of imports from China.

“Mexico poses a direct threat to Florida’s seasonal and perishable agricultural industry. threatens the long-term food security of the United States and raises the possibility that Mexico will become the undisputed hegemon in the winter and spring supply chain, with the ability to charge market prices that harm US consumers,” lawmakers said in a September letter to US Trade Representative Katherine Tai. eight.

Source: Heraldo De Mexico

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