Mexico Hits Trump Tariff Threat: Can't Solve Social Issues 'With Coercive Measures'
Posted on AllSides May 31st, 2019
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In a surprise announcement that could derail a major trade deal, President Donald Trump says he is placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports, effective June 10, to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.
Trump said the percentage will gradually increase — up to 25% — "until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied."
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador quickly fired back in a letter to Trump saying that "social problems are not...
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