AMLO Opposes Junk Food Tax, Silent on Banning Sales to Kids
- Senate bill would raise snack tax and stop sales to kids
- President says ‘can’t traffic in the health of the people’
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rejected a proposal by senators from his own party for substantial tax hikes on junk food and soda while saying nothing about their plans to ban the sale of both to children.
In a Wednesday morning press conference, the president said he doesn’t favor raising the taxes, and would prefer an information campaign to help reduce consumption. But he didn’t comment on the junk-food ban. In an earlier interview with Televisa, Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said that the middle of a pandemic was not a good time for tax increases.