"US, Mexico agree to end dispute over tomatoes; Trade war could have hurtmany US businesses" by Stephanie Strom | New York Times, February 04, 2013
NEW YORK — Averting a trade war....
Estimates are that nearly one of every two tomatoes eaten in the United States comes from Mexico....
The Mexicans have invested billions in greenhouses to grow tomatoes, while Florida tomatoes are largely picked green and treated with a gas to change their color....
The Mexicans enlisted roughly 370 US businesses, ranging from Walmart to various meat and vegetable producers, to argue their cause. Those businesses feared a bitter trade war like the one the Mexicans waged over trucking, which imposed stiff tariffs on US goods headed south....
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UPDATE: Mexican government moves to halt egg shortage
