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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The investment goes toward modernizing the around 55 mile long stretch between the Lukeville-Sonoyta border crossing into Arizona and Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point. -
Mexico’s environmental protection agency is cleaning up more than 3,000 gallons of sulfuric acid that spilled when a tractor trailer overturned on a highway not far from the Arizona border. -
Sonora’s cattle ranchers’ union says the border will reopen to live cattle after a “technical problem” is resolved. -
The newly inaugurated Plaza de las Buscadoras features a statue of a woman searching for the remains of a missing loved one with a shovel. -
Federal authorities in Mexico arrested two people and confiscated the drugs found in a hidden compartment of a passenger bus.
