The International Trade Administration`s Trade Enforcement and Compliance Department, which negotiated today`s suspension agreement, is responsible for vigorous enforcement of U.S. trade law through an impartial and transparent process that respects international rules and is evidence-based. In February 2019, the Ministry of Commerce informed the Mexican government of its intention to withdraw. On May 7, the U.S. government officially announced the 2013 suspension agreement and issued a 17.56 percent tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes. Some noted that this would trigger a trade war between the two countries, which would result in higher prices for consumers and a reduction in the supply of winter tomatoes, as Mexican producers moved their arable land to other crops, although the government has stated that they are prepared to settle the dispute, although their anti-dumping investigation has continued. Since the 2002 agreement would no longer essentially cover all imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, Trade issued a Memorandum of Understanding ending the 2002 agreement, in which the intention to end the five-year review of the suspended investigation and intend to reopen the AD investigation. [6] On 16 January 22, 2008, Trade signed a new suspension agreement (2008 agreement) with producers/exporters (2008 agreement) with producers/exporters, who accounted for essentially all imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico. [8] The suspension of the liquidation, ordered following the continuation of the investigation on 7 May 2019, remains in force, subject to paragraph 734 (h) (3) of the law. [34] Section 734 (f) (b) (B) (B) of the Act provides that trade can adapt the security necessary to reflect the effect of the 2019 agreement. Trade has established that the 2019 agreement completely eliminates the adverse effects of imports and, therefore, zero-adjusted trade the guarantee required by signatory exporting producers. Guarantee rates for imports of unsigned producer-exporters, based on provisional dumping margins, published in the follow-up communication, remain unchanged.