Washington’s Tariffs Against the World
Behind the forced-labor pretext lies a midterm gamble; even as Mexico edges out China as top US supplier, Campa argues any relative win is a Pyrrhic victory.
Tariffs
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U.S. Tariffs Do Not Affect Mexico; They Stayed at the 10% That Products Outside the USMCA Already Had: Sheinbaum
Speaking in Cuernavaca after meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, she said rules of origin remain under negotiation.
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Trade Between Mexico and the US Reaches Record of $404 Billion
Mexico stays the top US trading partner at 16.5% of the total, ahead of Canada and China, just days after Washington declined to auto-renew USMCA for 16 years.
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Tariffs Without Industry: The Trap of Mexican Trade Policy Towards China
Without a policy aimed at increasing the productive investment rate to accompany the country’s reindustrialization process, trade barriers will be inefficient due to the rigidity of the productive structure.
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China Says it has Right to Take Retaliatory Measures Over Mexico’s Anti-China Tariffs
The tariffs, announced by Mexico in December, were seen by analysts as an attempt to placate the United States, whose President levied significant tariffs on Chinese goods.
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President Sheinbaum Insists US Eliminate Tariffs on Cars, Steel & Aluminum
The Mexican President said that lowering or eliminating tariffs is part of the discussion with the US, but not yet reflected in reality.
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A Dangerous Year: Mexico Avoids Tariffs, but Trump Opens More & More Fronts
The vast majority of exports from Mexico are from US corporations, while aluminum, steel, and tomatoes, which have Mexican national ownership, face significant tariffs.
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Tariffs & Industrial Sabotage
The government’s stated reasoning for anti-China tariffs rings hollow when considering the flood of cheap US imports destroying the Mexican countryside and production dominated by US corporations exploiting Mexican labour.
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China Calls on Mexico to Reconsider Tariffs on its Products
Under Article 32.10 of the USMCA, Mexico can only pursue a free trade agreement with a non-market economy like the People’s Republic of China if the US government approves.
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Mexico’s Tariff Hikes on China Will Cause Major Disruptions for Key Mexican Industries
Manufacturers reliant on Chinese inputs warned of rising costs, and lawmakers, including some from Morena, sought to avoid a dispute with a nation many consider crucial to Mexico’s trade diversification.
