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The potato-shaped loophole in free trade

Jan 3, 2025 · 27m
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  • For over 25 years, fresh American potatoes were barred from freely entering Mexico despite NAFTA, representing a major gap in US-Mexico free trade.
  • Mexican potato producers and trade loopholes successfully blocked American potato imports, creating a protected market that the American potato industry desperately wanted to access.
  • The episode chronicles the trade saga surrounding this agricultural product and the competing interests between two countries' farming industries.

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