Mexico Tariffs
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Trump brandishes document, flaunts ‘secret’ migration deal already revealed by MexicoU.S. President Donald Trump brandished a document on Tuesday confirming details of a regional asylum project agreed with Mexico to stave off threatened tariffs, saying the plan was "secret" even though Mexican officials had revealed much of it.WorldJun 11, 2019
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Trump dangles tariff threat over Mexico despite dealU.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday dangled renewing his tariff threat on Mexico if the U.S. ally doesn't co-operate on border issues, as Democratic challengers criticized a deal reached to avert the tariffs as overblown.WorldJun 9, 2019
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Mexican foreign secretary says country still has ‘dignity intact’ after tariff dealMarcelo Ebrard, who helped negotiate the deal in Washington D.C., said when he arrived back home and gave the president his report, he told Lopez Obrador: "There are no tariffs, Mr. President, we emerged with our dignity intact."WorldJun 8, 2019
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U.S. reaches agreement with Mexico, urges China to resume trade talksThe Trump administration began slapping tariffs on imports of Chinese goods nearly a year ago, accusing Beijing of using predatory means to lend Chinese companies an edge in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and electric vehicles.WorldJun 8, 2019
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Companies rush to export goods out of Mexico ahead of Trump’s proposed tariffsTrump says he will impose five per cent tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico starting Monday unless the country does more to stop the flow of Central American immigrants into the U.S.WorldJun 7, 2019
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‘Good chance’ U.S. and Mexico will make deal to avert new tariffs: TrumpU.S. and Mexican officials were holding a third day of talks at the U.S. State Department Friday trying to hash out a deal that would satisfy Trump's demand that Mexico dramatically increase its efforts to crack down on migrants.PoliticsJun 7, 2019
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‘Lot of progress’ needed to prevent 5% tariff on Mexico: TrumpTrump said Thursday that a “lot of progress” must be made to halt the import taxes he has planned.WorldJun 6, 2019
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Migrant detentions at U.S.-Mexico border in May highest since 2007Agents made 132,887 apprehensions in May, the first time that apprehensions have topped 100,000 since April 2007.WorldJun 5, 2019
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Republican senators split from Trump, oppose Mexico tariff threatRepublicans are deeply concerned that Trump’s proposed 5 per cent tariffs on all imports from Mexico would spike U.S. consumers’ costs, harm the economy and imperil a major pending US-Mexico-Canada trade deal.WorldJun 4, 2019
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Mexico warns U.S. proposed tariffs could damage economy, cause influx of migrantsIt is unclear what more Mexico can do — and what will be enough — to satisfy the president.WorldJun 3, 2019
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