U.S. Restrictions on Imports of Winter Vegetables from Mexico

This article discusses the various import relief cases brought by the Florida winter vegetable industry and considers the likelihood of future cases under the import relief laws. It also discusses other avenues that the Florida industry might pursue to restrict Mexican imports, such as efforts to obtain federal or state legislation or administrative action imposing stricter phytosanitary, marking, or packing requirements on Mexican produce, and considers whether these actions would be compatible with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.