Fecha Publicación: 02-03-2022

The case of Mexican avocados and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a fine reflector of the challenges that the brand-new trade deal must overcome to fully harness its potential. The recent U.S. temporary ban and subsequent resumption on Mexican avocado exports -citing a threat on an U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) inspector in the state of Michoacán- offers a vignette of the absence of rule of law in Mexico, the use of non-tariff barriers to restrict trade, and the contradictions of U.S. trade policy.

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