The U.S. government says it's placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff.

The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff.

  • elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    The US has plenty of areas with a shitton of sun in the winter. Very dry areas, like southern Spain, or Israel, produce year round and with little available water, but well managed.

    The Netherlands produce vegetables, competitive for export, with half the sun or heat.

    Vegetables are one of the few sectors that can be repatriated in a short time through tariffs.

    When you get into tree crops and such is when you have the same problem as with factories, years until production.

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      Given that tomatoes suffer when nighttime temperatures start going below 55°F (13°C), there is pretty much nowhere in the continental US where they can be grown successfully year-round without some sort of environmental control or protection.