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The potato-shaped loophole in free trade

2025-01-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·27m 54s ·by NPR
The potato-shaped loophole in free trade
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About this episode

Ever since free trade opened up between the US and Mexico in the 1990s, trillions of dollars of goods have been going back and forth between the two countries, from cars to strawberries to MRI machines to underwear. But one major exception has been fresh American potatoes. Today on the show, we tell