US government slapping 21 percent tariff on most tomatoes from Mexico

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/14/25 8:39 PM ET


The United States government announced that it plans to slap a nearly 21 percent tariff on most tomatoes coming from Mexico in the summer, arguing the current agreement has not “protected” U.S.-based tomato growers from “unfairly priced Mexican imports.”

The Commerce Department said on Monday that it plans to withdraw from the 2019 trade agreement with Mexico and that an “antidumping duty order” will be instituted on July 14. “This action will allow U.S. tomato growers to compete fairly in the marketplace,” the Commerce Department said in a release on Monday.

During President Trump’s first White House term, the U.S. government struck an agreement with tomato producers from Mexico to prevent a possible 25 percent tariff on the commodity. The 2019 deal included enforcement provisions, including an inspection mechanism to bar low-quality tomatoes from being imported and establishing prices for various types of the commodity.

In early 2019, during President Trump’s first term in the White House, the U.S. government threatened to withdraw from the existing agreement and levy duties against Mexico after complaints from growers in Florida who argued that Mexico City is performing price suppression of the crop and, therefore taking advantage of Washington. Mexico, a major trading partner, is the U.S.’s largest importer of tomatoes, along with vegetables and fruits.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5248868-us-government-tariff-tomatoes-from-mexico/

[Lovie777]

1. Whiplash...................

I think the American citizens are getting tire of all this shit.

[Bluetus]

4. The chaos machine is in high gear

This is part of what Bannon referred to as "flooding the zone".

Most of these tariffs aren't even put into effect. It is mostly a smokescreen to take attention away from the more insidious parts of P2025 that proceed daily.

[Ray Bruns]

2. Isn't this the "deal" negotiated during his first term?

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. Yep. All according to plan.

Remove the food imports that are healthy. Force the population to eat processed crap and then let us develop all kinds of issues so that they can keep us under their thumb and too sickly to even think about defying them.

https://i.postimg.cc/mgPRtWgV/temp-Image-T0rgy-T.avif

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Found an embeddable .jpg version

[kerouac2]

5. Seems like our word is worthless

Treaties, agreements, contracts, rules in general. The US has lost all credibility and the rest of the world doesn't have to tolerate it. We are forcing other countries to work together and they will say no thanks to the US for decades if they are able.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. The one thing that I try to keep in mind is this -

We are a relatively "new" country compared to the rest of the countries around the world and nearly all have "been there done that" some time in their past histories. So those with a historical knowledge of their own pasts, are witnessing a variation of what they had gone through before (perhaps not in their lifetimes but as part of their country's path to the current era).

Their challenge is obviously "dealing with the now" and trying to position themselves for the short term, mid term, and long term with respect to dealing with us.

[kimbutgar]

15. I heard a comment yesterday that equates to your post

China said they’ve been around for a 1000 years and survived and the US as a government has been around for a lot less than that!

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Not even needing to count the WWII despots, think about people like this guy (much more recent than China's emperors)

One can even (finally) take a look at the African continent (and not just the post-colonial nightmare) but someone contemporary with Napolean - Shaka Zulu -



(he lorded over an area not far from where Muskrat was born )

[kimbutgar]

23. Thank you love history like this !

I read this book years ago about Marco Polo and him traveling to Asia called the Journeyer by Gary Jennings. It stayed with me all these years and thought how insignificant America is compared to other countries.

All the orange Hitler is doing is making us a third world nation and parish easy for conquest! And we become more comprised, weak and demoralized. But that said, we are going to fight the hell back and depose of these cretins who are trying to destroy our democracy and this country.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. Most welcome and you see what Putin is doing -

trying to bring back the "old U.S.S.R" that he grew up in. The breakup apparently also meant a loss of quite a bit of resources for what is now Russia. After the initial failure with Georgia, the Crimea offensive was an attempt to remedy that and if anything, that would probably be the last place they would give up after invading Ukraine should (only due to a miracle), some kind of peace agreement be reached.

Meanwhile we know all about the U.S.'s past "conquests" -



(And then the Spanish American War and those territories)

It's ridiculous because the U.S. is literally a euphemistic "gold mine" of land and resources, much of which one side wants to keep pristine and the other that wants to exploit.

[lark]

8. Good time to grow your own tomatoes, if you have even a small space.

We have a decent lot with almost no trees so little shade except for the buildings. We have 5 kinds of tomatos and the ones that weren;t identified are huge - both the unidentified cherry tomatoes and the very large variety all growing in one giant pot. Shocked that we've already have 3 ripe cherry tomatoes and bet there are more to pick today.

[maxsolomon]

14. We've tried. Year after year.

It's just not hot enough in our yard. Too many trees, on an eastern slope, in the PNW. The crop, what little there is, doesn't come in until Labor Day.

I'll still be buying tomatoes.

[NJCher]

16. any chance there's a community garden?

check with your town.

[maxsolomon]

18. There are many, most with wait lists.

TBH, I'm just not up for that level of commitment.

[yardwork]

19. Some parts of the country just aren't good for growing tomatoes.

That's why we have trade. So that you can sell your salmon and buy tomatoes. Or sell your timber and buy pineapples. Or import coffee beans and process and sell coffee.

For some reason a lot of Americans decided this is a bad system.

[lark]

20. Yeah, you do need a sunny space.

Our old house was on a heavily wooded lot when we first moved in and there was only a small place to grow anything that needed full sun and that was where there was an above ground pool! When the kids got older and wanted to go to the community pool (4 doors down and swim in the olympic sized pool instead, we got rid of that and planted several tomatos and 2 pepper plants. As as a few of our trees aged out and became dangerous (very large oak trees) we had to take some of them down. It totally changed the space and then we could grow lots of tomatos and peppers, so it was really good for them. Not good for our orchids though. Like most things in life, it is a tradeoff.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. "in the PNW"

One of the biggest complaints from those living in the PNW. Not enough heat (although having a long growing season). Would probably need to grow them in some kind of greenhouse or hoop house to have some heat build-up.

[maxsolomon]

25. It's an acceptable trade-off

to not have sweltering summers. if it's over 90 degrees more than 4-5 days people start whinging non-stop.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. That's what they say

although for gardeners, it is one of those "cruel" areas that teases "sub-tropical" until suddenly the "trough from the Arctic" descends down to take out all those plants.

I have been to the Seattle area (and took a side trip up to Vancouver), so saw all the conifer forests. It just seems too "Scotland" though (with the million miles and hour wind storms during certain times of the year hitting the cliffs).

[MissB]

29. two days is my limit

I start yearning for rain.

we installed central air a decade ago. Barely use it but when those random hot days hit, I'm grateful. It gets so hot that you can't cool the house at night by opening windows.

[Bayard]

17. I planted mine from seed this year

They're just starting to pop up.

Even if you only have a patio or balcony, plant tomatoes in pots or the upside down hanging kind.

[samsingh]

9. maybe el salvador will buy us tomatoes. i don't think many other countries are going to.

[Historic NY]

10. W/o migrant laborers tomatos will rot on the vine here.

[twodogsbarking]

11. Does he know that they are what ketchup is?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. If the bottle says "HEINZ"

then the ketchup is made from "HEINZ".

(although not "made out of John specifically, a great great Republican by the way, the best, bigly" )

[Attilatheblond]

13. Where is Mr Eat Healthy-don't vaccinate Sec of HHS? POTUS has started a war on produce people can get year-round

Shouldn't the Warrior for Healthy Eating be screaming in the Oval Office about all the ways Trump is working to make poor people die of scurvy?

Yeah, not holding my breath that RFK embarrassment will fight tariffs on produce.

[thought crime]

22. What about huevos?

[MissB]

28. I have 14 varieties this year

Started from seed, of course. I have 4-6 of each variety.

PNW, surrounded by tall fir trees but my garden area has just enough light to get a decent production.

I have some micro tomato plants that ive grown indoors this winter. I probably won't do that next winter, as my greenhouse needs a trial run. I have power out there, so the ceramic heater will keep things warm. We will see!

in the meantime, I'm hoping to be drowning in tomatoes by late June at the latest.

I have 8 sungold starts.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Sungolds are nice

but another wonderful cherry is "Snow White". Sweet as sugar. When my niece was a toddler, she literally craved them!

[BidenRocks]

30. And then they came for my salsa!

Killing the auto and aircraft industry wasn't enough?
We need a new word. Fuck you just isn't enough.
'Eat shit and die' was an oldie but goodie.