Tariffs and Tortillas
Ever since Mexico’s so-called “Tortilla crisis” in January, street protests against food shortages and high prices, or against increasing taxes on agricultural production, have spread across the Caribbean and Latin America. But assuring food security can be achieved only with a new international regime of genuinely free trade for agricultural commodities.
BUENOS AIRES – Ever since Mexico’s so-called “Tortilla crisis” this past January, street protests against food shortages and high prices, or against increasing taxes on agricultural production, have spread from Haiti to Central American countries, and across Latin America. Governments have sometimes reacted with protective measures or macroeconomic initiatives, but in some cases with repression.