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Ua hoʻouna ʻo Florida Tomato Exchange i kahi noi e hoʻopau i ka 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement, e hōʻike ana i kona hiki ʻole ke pale aku i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o nā tōmato Mekiko i kūʻai pono ʻole ʻia ma ka ʻoihana kamato US. Ke nānā nei kēia ʻatikala i ka mōʻaukala o nā ʻaelike hoʻokuʻu, ko lākou pono ʻole i ka pale ʻana i nā hana kālepa kūpono ʻole, a me ka pono wikiwiki e kau i nā dumping antidumping ma nā tōmato Mekiko no ka mālama ʻana i ka mākeke kūloko. Kūkākūkā pū ʻia nā hopena o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻaelike a me nā hopena i nā mea kanu tōmato ʻAmelika.
Mai ka makahiki 1996, ua hoʻokō ʻia nā ʻaelike hoʻomaha he nui i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻoponopono i nā hana kālepa kūpono ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea kūʻai aku i nā tōmato Mekiko. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻohe o kēia mau ʻaelike i hoʻopaneʻe maikaʻi i ka komo ʻana mai o nā tōmato Mekiko i kūʻai pono ʻole ʻia, e alakaʻi ana i ka pōʻino nui i ka ʻoihana tōmato US. No laila, ua koi ka Florida Tomato Exchange i ka US Department of Commerce e hoʻopau i ka 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement.
ʻIke ʻia ka maikaʻi ʻole o nā ʻaelike hoʻokuʻu i ke kālepa ʻōmato me Mexico. ʻOiai hiki ke hana ia mau ʻaelike no nā huahana hiki ke mālama ʻia a hiki i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ka mākeke, ʻaʻole lākou e pale i ke kaʻe ʻana o nā kumukūʻai kuhikuhi i ka wā e pili ana i nā waiwai palaho e like me nā tōmato hou. Ua pale aku nā Loopholes i ka 2019 Suspension Agreement i kona hiki ke pani i kēia mau āpau, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia a lawa ʻole i ka pale ʻana i nā mea kanu tōmato ʻAmelika.
ʻO ka piʻi mau ʻana o ka lawe ʻana mai o nā tōmato Mekiko a me ka emi ʻana o ka māhele mākeke no nā mea hana US e hōʻike hou ana i ka hemahema o ka ʻaelike o kēia manawa. I ka makahiki 1994, ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻia ʻana o ka NAFTA, ʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai tōmato ʻAmelika i helu ma kahi o 80 pakeneka o ka mākeke US, ʻoiai ʻo Mekiko i hoʻolako ma kahi o 20 pakeneka. Eia naʻe, ua huli nui nā papaʻaina i nā makahiki, me Mexico i kēia manawa e paʻa ana ma kahi o 70 pakeneka o ka māhele mākeke US a waiho ʻia nā mea hana US ma kahi o 30 pakeneka.
ʻO ka 2019 Suspension Agreement, ka mea i hahai i kahi hoʻoholo hōʻeha hōʻeha e ka International Trade Commission i ka pane ʻana i nā hana hoʻolei ʻana o Mexico, ʻaʻole i hiki ke hoʻohuli i kēia ʻano hōʻino. Ke hoʻomau nei ka piʻi ʻana o nā tōmato Mekiko, e piʻi aʻe ana he ʻeiwa pākēneka mai ka makahiki 2019. ʻOiai ua ʻike mua nā kumukūʻai maʻamau no nā mea kanu i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka makahiki mua o ka ʻaelike, ua hōʻole lākou ma muli o ke kaomi hou ʻana mai nā mea kūʻai pono ʻole ʻia me Mexico. ʻO ka pilikia, ua kākau ka 'Oihana Kālepa ma luna o 100 mau hihia o ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻia e nā hui Mekiko, e pili ana i kahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku.
He koʻikoʻi ka hopena o ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻaelike hoʻokuʻu ʻia no ka ʻoihana kamato US. ʻO nā ʻaelike ʻelima i hoʻokō ʻia i nā makahiki he 27 i hala iho nei, ʻaʻole i hoʻōki i ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā tōmato Mekiko a pale i ka hōʻeha ʻana i ka ʻoihana kūloko. ʻO ka hiki ʻole a me ka haʻahaʻa i ka uhaki ʻana i kēia mau ʻaelike e kau ai i nā mea kanu tōmato ʻAmelika i ka pilikia e kipaku ʻia mai ka ʻoihana. No ka pale ʻana i ka ʻoihana, pono ka hoʻopau koke ʻana i ka 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement, i ukali ʻia me ka mālama pono ʻana i ke kānāwai antidumping.
ʻO ka Florida Tomato Exchange, e hōʻike ana i nā mea hana ʻōmato koʻikoʻi ma nā mokuʻāina he nui, e koi ana i ka pono wikiwiki e hoʻopau i ka ʻae ʻana i ka 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement. ʻAʻole hiki ke nānā ʻole ʻia ka hāʻule mau ʻana o nā ʻaelike hoʻokuʻu i ka pale ʻana i nā hana kālepa kūpono ʻole a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻoihana kamato US. Me ka hoʻokau ʻana i nā dumping antidumping a me ka hoʻokō pono ʻana i nā lula kālepa, hiki i nā mea kanu tōmato ʻAmelika ke loaʻa hou i kahi hoʻokūkū a hoʻopaʻa i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākeke kūloko.