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Mexico Tariff Would Have ‘Significant’ Negative Impact, Ford Says

Ford Motor Co. would feel a serious impact if tariffs are levied on the cars, engines and transmissions it imports from Mexico, but a top executive at the automaker expressed optimism the trade dispute can be resolved without lingering damage.

June 6, 2019
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Exports, Imports Plummet as US Trade Deficit Narrows

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in April as exports and imports tumbled, highlighting the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs even before negotiations with China unraveled and he threatened levies on Mexican goods.

June 6, 2019
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US-Mexico Showdown Puts $45 Billion Food Trade in Crosshairs

Meat and grains, fruits, vegetables and even sugar. These are the dinner-table goods that are regularly imported back and forth between Mexico and the United States.

June 5, 2019
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Trump Says 'No Bluff!' On the Mexico Tariffs

Republican lawmakers eager to halt a new round of tariffs on Mexican goods next week have spent days urging the Trump administration to negotiate a solution with Mexico’s government.

June 5, 2019
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Trump Tariff on Mexican Oil Could Hit Gulf Refiners

U.S. oil refiners could get hit if crude is included in President Donald Trump’s threatened 5% tariff on Mexican goods, although the effect may be tempered by their growing fuel exports.

May 31, 2019
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BMW Factory Caught in Trump’s Mexican Standoff

President Donald Trump’s vow to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods comes just in time to hit exports from a $1 billion BMW AG factory that opens in the country next week.

May 31, 2019
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Trump to Impose Tariff Until Mexico Stops Migrant Flood Into US

President Donald Trump said that he would impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods until that country stops immigrants from entering the U.S. illegally.

May 30, 2019
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J.B. Hunt Adds First Enterprise Sales Office in Mexico

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced subsidiary J.B. Hunt Mexico opened an “enterprise sales branch†in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico, the first such office in the country for the company.

May 3, 2019
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Mexico Border Wait Times Spike as Trump's Threats Slow Traffic

The southern border isn’t closed, but already it’s a mess for trucks hauling goods from Mexico to the United States, snarling traffic at some of the busiest frontier crossings in the world.

April 8, 2019
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Trump Threatens Car Tariffs on Mexico Over Drug Flow Across Border

President Donald Trump retreated from threats to immediately close the border with Mexico over migration, instead abruptly pivoting April 4 to a new demand: that the Mexican government stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. within a year or face car tariffs.

April 4, 2019