Canadian Fresh Mushrooms the Latest Target in US Trade Tensions

Canadian Fresh Mushrooms the Latest Target in US Trade Tensions
Angie Crone, Upcycled Food Association CEO (R), speaks to a mushroom farmer who sells "ugly" produce at a discount at a farmers' market in San Francisco, on June 7, 2023. AP Photo/Haven Daley
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Fresh mushroom imports from Canada have become the latest target of U.S. trade angst.

In a notice posted last week, the U.S. International Trade Commission says it will investigate whether the American industry has been “materially injured or threatened with material injury” by imported mushrooms alleged to have been sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the Canadian government.