Of country matters
Mexico spends about 41.5 billion US dollars on food imports. Despite its image and history as a largely agrarian country only about 4% of Mexican GPD comes from its own agricultural production, employing only 14% of the workforce and that includes workers in the agricultural export (mostly “luxury” products… winter fruits and vegetables, berries, marijuana and opium poppies).
There are some benefits to the present trade. Mexico’s other exports … 386 billion US dollars a year just to the United States more than covers the food bill, although it also means that much of the food we buy, especially processed foods, are subject to standards (or lack thereof) out of the country’s own controls.
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Mexico does not want glyphosate treated corn. er news items).
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