Senators call for USMCA enforcement action on potato exports to Mexico

Three Republican senators are calling on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to use “all available mechanisms,” including U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement provisions, to ensure market access for U.S. potatoes in Mexico. While the Mexican government in 2014 allowed some U.S. potatoes to be sold throughout the country, the decision has since been mired in litigation, which is awaiting a ruling by the Mexican Supreme Court. “Although U.S. potato producers can ship processed, dried, and frozen potatoes to...