By: Economic & Finance Report
Mexico has imposed tariffs on American imports such as pork, apples, grapes, cheese and steel. This is in connection to the tariffs President Trump imposed on steel and aluminum, which affects NAFTA countries Mexico and Canada.
The effects will alter the relationship on NAFTA; one which President Trump has already expressed is in unfair to American workers. He has stated he either wants to renegotiate a fair agreement amongst the NAFTA countries (USA, Canada, Mexico) or independently negotiate with Canada and Mexico, as separate individual countries. Mexico and Canada have both denounced such a proposal by Trump.
This is coming at a critical time for NAFTA, as Mexico gears for presidential elections on July 1, 2018 and US congressional midterm elections are in November 2018. -SB