*The US Department of Commerce has announced that the US will begin imposing tariffs of almost 21% on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico. In a statement, the Department of Commerce announced its intention to withdraw from a 2019 agreement that suspended antidumping investigations on fresh tomatoes from Mexico and which it said had “failed to protect US tomato growers from unfairly priced Mexican imports”. The termination of this agreement will “allow US tomato growers to compete fairly in the marketplace”, according to the statement. The agreement will end on 14 July, on which date an antidumping duty order will be imposed on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico, resulting in tariffs of 20.91%. The Department of Commerce noted that the “strict enforcement of US trade law” was a “primary focus” of the administration of US President Donald Trump, which has imposed tariffs on imports of vehicles and vehicle parts, steel, and aluminium, as well as many country-specific tariff orders.
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