Pressure mounts to resolve tariff dispute with Mexico

Mexico says the tariff is in retaliation for Congress' termination of a program that allowed Mexican truckers to ferry goods across the border and deep into the U.S.Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said the tariffs would affect roughly $10 million worth of agriculture exports in his state, striking a particularly severe blow to growers of onions, peanuts and potatoes. "With Texas farmers and ranchers working hard to overcome severe drought and hurricane damage, it is unconscionable to add to their hardships by putting up roadblocks and interfering with free trade that has benefited both countries," Staples said. The Obama administration faces growing pressure to settle the dispute. A coalition of 140 agriculture, business, food and manufacturing groups sent Obama a letter last week urging him to resolve the matter...Gannett

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