The U.S. Is Dumping More than Tariffs on Mexico

The looming Trump tariffs, to be levied this Saturday, will complete a neoliberal hat trick of unfair trade policies by the U.S. toward Mexico. Nowhere is that hypocrisy plainer than in the corn market—where cheap imports of the staple crop routinely undermine Mexican farmers and biodiversity. In December, a USMCA dispute panel ruled in favor of U.S. agribusiness against Mexico’s modest trade regulations. Evidently, the rules of the game don’t apply equally across all players.

See my latest, with Timothy A. Wise, published in Truthdig.

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