Mexico Agrees to U.S. Demands Regarding Potato Trade

MEXICO CITY, MX – Two-way trade in food and agricultural products between the United States and Mexico reached a record $63 billion in 2021, the result of a renegotiated trade agreement known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA.

Trade between the two neighbors is not without challenges, however, and on Tuesday both U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and his counterpart in Mexico Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Victor Villalobos announced that all necessary plant health protocols have been met and Mexican officials have agreed to a final visit to finalize expanded access to the entire Mexican market for all U.S. table stock and chipping potatoes no later than May 15, 2022.

The potato issue has been just one of many that U.S. producers have had with Mexico. In addition, Mexico’s recent ban on glyphosate is troubling to grain producers while changes to their national energy plans have ethanol producers in the States concerned. There’s been no word from either side as to whether those concerns are being addressed.
(SOURCE: All Ag News)