Treaty Tolls Death Knell for Mexican Countryside
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations, which Mexico is to join in December, are threatening to eliminate the last defenses of the country’s agricultural sector. Farmers in the United States, one of the future partners in the treaty, have asked their government to negotiate flexibilization of the phytosanitary measures applied by Mexico, which are the final barrier against free entrance of agricultural products that compete against local crops. […]
