Mexico
Businesses showing discontent with Trump’s trade policies
Use of tariffs is alarming some groups who are disengaging active support for the Republican party.
Mexico’s ‘dignity intact’ after US tariff deal
Mexican and U.S. officials reached an accord late Friday that calls on Mexico to crackdown on migrants in exchange for Trump backing off his tariff threat.
A ‘lot of progress’ needed to stop 5% Mexico tariff: Trump
Without a deal, the first tariffs are to go into effect June 10.
GOP senators line up against Trump’s 5% Mexico tariff plan
Runs counter to a firmly rooted orthodoxy and viewed as nothing more than taxes they strenuously oppose.
Mexicans launch friendly defensive to deflect US tariffs
Tactics on display in social media respond to an economic and diplomatic emergency.
US, Mexico officials to begin talks over tariffs, border [UPDATED]
Trump’s Republican allies warn the tariffs on Mexican imports will hit US consumers and harm the economy.
Mexican Senate passes labour overhaul to ensure union freedom
New law requires secret-ballot union votes and proof of workers’ consent for contracts.
Trump’s threat to close Mexico border stirs fears of economic harm
Move would block incoming shipments of fruits and vegetables, TVs, medical devices and other products.
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Mexico pushing labour reform, won’t ratify USMCA with US tariffs
Wants a package of labour reform ratified in Mexico’s Congress before its April 30 adjournment.
Mexico threw Canada ‘under the bus,’ Liberal MP tells Mexican minister
Bitterness over US-Mexico trade pact last August.
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Police find meth smuggled into Canada via Ford Fusions built in Mexico
Dealership employees in Chelmsford, Collingwood, Bolton and Newmarket found taped packages that lined the tires.
Mexican union declares victory in strike at 48 border plants
The mass strike erupted after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed a doubling of the minimum wage in Mexico’s border zones.
Mexican border strikers win agreements at 27 of 45 plants
Factories make auto parts, medical equipment, plastics and other goods; more than 33% of the city’s 130 border plants affected.
Unifor calls for boycott of Mexican GM vehicles in escalation of Oshawa fight
Some GM vehicles, including the Chevrolet Blazer, Trax and GMC Terrain are made only in Mexico.
Trump pleads on TV for wall funding to fix border ‘crisis’
Dems say he played on fear, not facts.
