Southeast U.S. produce growers have gotten reassurances from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that the U.S. will be monitoring imports of fresh produce from Mexico as the implementation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) takes place.
The U.S. will increase scrutiny of Mexican produce pricing and hold field hearings after Congress approves the trade agreement's implementing legislation.
Lighthizer said the U.S. will increase scrutiny of Mexican produce pricing and hold field hearings. Produce growers failed to get provisions in USMCA that would have made it easier to challenge imports of the products from Mexico.