Source: Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 10/1/20


As promised, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has issued a request to the International Trade Commission investigate whether increased imports of blueberrieshave caused, or threaten to cause, harm to domestic blueberry growers. The request came a month after the Trump administration released a plan it said would protect U.S. growers of blueberries, strawberries, bell peppers and other seasonal crops from imports.

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