7 Nov 2015

Mexico's battle against Big Soda

From This Way Up, 12:30 pm on 7 November 2015
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Mexicans drink more fizzy drinks than anyone on the planet, 163 litres per person a year! We heard a few weeks back that the government there was considering watering down the tax on soft drinks that it imposed back in 2014. Well there's been a new development. Surprisingly, given the political clout wielded by the soft drinks industry, the reduction to the tax has been rejected by Mexico's Senate. Tina Rosenberg has been covering Mexico's battle with Big Soda for The New York Times and The Guardian.