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.

  • Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Interesting, so is this just for domestic tomatoes or are there other veggies/fruit that you are allergic to?

    Are all foreign tomatoes “safe” or are there other countries that use the same type of pesticides?

    • altphoto@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Its Roundup. If you’re consuming stuff treated with Roundup you could end up with a contact allergy or cancer.