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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 07:31 AM Jun 2019

What? Those "on hold indefinitely" tariffs are back on table next month??

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-mexico/mexico-eyes-brazil-for-u-s-asylum-deal-as-trump-revives-tariff-threat-idUSKCN1TB24S

Mexico eyes Brazil for U.S. asylum deal as Trump revives tariff threat
Dave Graham
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States may explore additional steps next month to restrict illegal immigration from Central America, with the threat of tariffs hanging over Mexico if it does not do enough to satisfy U.S. demands, officials said on Monday.

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The Trump administration said on Monday it could still apply tariffs if it judged that Mexico had not done enough, with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo telling reporters it expected to see results within four to six weeks.


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What? Those "on hold indefinitely" tariffs are back on table next month?? (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 OP
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