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Mexico Issues Tariff List in U.S. Trucking Dispute

Mexico detailed its new tariffs on U.S.-made goods, roughly 90 products ranging from food staples such as potatoes and apricots to an eclectic mix including deodorant and Christmas trees.

The specific goods, a combined $2.4 billion in exports to Mexico in 2007, mostly face import duties of 10% to 20% of their value. Fresh grapes will face a 45% tariff, by far the highest. Mexico said Monday it will levy the tariffs in retaliation for the recent shutdown by Congress of a pilot program that allowed some Mexican truckers to operate...