New tariffs from Mexico on China and other Asian countries started Thursday, as Mexico faces pressure from the United States.
The new tariffs will affect certain Mexican imports from China and other Asian countries Mexico doesn’t have existing trade agreements with. The import fees — most of which are up to 35% — affect a wide range of goods like cars and car parts, as well as textiles, plastics and steel.
Mexico is under pressure from the United States to reduce its economic relationship with China. The new year could bring a renegotiation of the trade agreement that binds Mexico, Canada and the United States.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said the tariffs are an effort to boost domestic production of goods in Mexico. Chinese officials have criticized the move as protectionist.
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Audiences on each side of the U.S.-Mexico border watched the same movie just feet from each other during the Film on the Fence event. -
The U.S. indictment of 10 former and current Sinaloa public officials last month was a major escalation of tension between Mexico and the United States. -
The small, electric vehicles are designed to be accessible to a domestic market in Mexico. -
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called the recent reports from CNN and the New York Times “a fiction the size of the universe.” -
The Nogales International Film Festival will screen movies directly in front of the border wall, so people on either side can experience films together.
