SENS. SCOTT, BUDD, COLLEAGUES SEND LETTER TO PROTECT U.S. SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCERS AND RESTORE COMPETITIVE TRADE BALANCE WITH MEXICO

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Tim Scott issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, calling for measures to restore a more competitive trade balance for U.S. specialty crops with Mexico. In the letter, the senators advocate for addressing the unsustainable pressures on U.S. specialty crop producers caused by an increasing volume of foreign products unfairly flooding U.S. markets while U.S. crops are reaching their peak in-season period. The letter comes as Ambassador Greer works to reauthorize the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

In the letter, the senators wrote:

"Without measures to restore competitive balan...