Despite Trump’s threats, Mexico is of fundamental importance to the US economy
In its first two weeks, the second Trump administration has enacted a barrage of executive orders and holds North America on the brink of an all-out trade war. Although President Trump’s phone call with President Claudia Sheinbaum, his Mexican counterpart, put the brakes (for now) on catastrophic 25 per cent blanket tariffs, Mexico must prepare itself for a tumultuous few years ahead.
President Trump has signalled a sharp policy change on three key cross-border issues – trade, migration and drug trafficking – thereby jeopardizing the US relationship with Mexico, its first trading partner, and the future of North America as the world’s second largest trade bloc.… Seguir leyendo »