It was a big scandal in the United States during summer 2015, at the beginning of the Republican primaries. A tweet issued from the account avocadofact offered Americans the following choice: send Donald Trump to the White House … or an avocado. Which do you think they chose? The avocado of course! Was the short-fused billionaire motivated to take revenge on this unlikely rival when he suggested levying 35 % customs duty on products imported from Mexico, which supplies nearly a million tonnes of Hass to the USA? In any event, such a measure could have major consequences on the breakdown of world flows of this product, although no-one at present really dares to believe such a plan to be feasible, either politically or technically. The plan to reconsider the TransPacific treaty, which does seem to be on the cards, is already a first blow struck to the progression of Mexican exports to Asia, including the avocado. In the absence of this treaty, Japan could for years to come remain the only country in the region with which Mexico enjoys a preferential customs agreement.
Source: Cirad
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