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From The Wall Street Journal, July 3, 1996:

       Florida's Tomato Growers Lose Case Against Mexicans

             By a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

     Washington - The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled
yesterday that Florida tomato farmers, contrary to their claim,
aren't being hurt by tomatoes imported from Mexico.
     But the war is far from over.  The Commerce Department and
the ITC have yet to rule on a separate case filed by the
Floridians, who claim the Mexicans are "dumping" tomatoes in the
U.S. at less than it costs to produce them.  U.S. trade officials
expect a decision in the dumping case by this fall.
     Florida tomato farmers filed the two cases earlier this year
in the hope that at least one of them would stick.  But the ITC
ruled that surges of Mexican tomatoes and bell peppers "are not a
substantial cause of serious injury" to the domestic industries.
     "Our industry has been hanging by a thread, and that thread
has just been broken," said Mike Stuart, executive vice president
of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association.  He added that
tomato farmers must now fight to change U.S. trade laws in order
to improve their chances of winning these cases.

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