Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble
President Trump has offered a mix of reasons for upending global trade relations, baffling and angering America’s biggest trading partners.
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President Trump has offered a mix of reasons for upending global trade relations, baffling and angering America’s biggest trading partners.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico took steps sought by President Trump, including sending troops to the border and cracking down on drug cartels. The tariffs went into effect anyway.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada warned that the Trump administration’s tariffs were leading to a trade war. Mexico’s leader vowed to impose countermeasures on Sunday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico slammed the tariffs being imposed against both of their countries and vowed to retaliate.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said her government would impose countermeasures if President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Mexican goods remained in effect later in the week.
Before the tariffs went into effect, approval ratings for President Claudia Sheinbaum rose and companies began marketing “Made in Mexico” products.
Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities.
Aiming to appease President Trump, Mexico is hitting China with tariffs, handing cartel leaders over to the United States and using C.I.A. intelligence to hunt down others.
Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities.
The handover of so many significant cartel figures was one of the most important efforts by Mexico in the modern history of the drug war to send traffickers to face charges in U.S. courts.