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U.S. President Donald Trump will pause new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, he said on Monday on social media.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the agreement also includes a U.S. commitment to act to prevent trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico. The two leaders spoke by phone on Monday, just hours before U.S. tariffs on Mexico, China and Canada were set to take effect.

The two counties will use the month-long pause to engage in further negotiations, Trump said.

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[–] aseriesoftubes 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I knew Mexico and Canada would blink first (well, Canada hasn’t yet, but it’s a matter of time).

Now the bully thinks that he can wave his favorite toy (tariffs) around and get whatever he wants. Mexico had a ton of leverage in this situation. Where does most American produce come from this time of year? Where are so many cars manufactured that are destined for the US? That’s right, it’s Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Canada may hold out longer than you think. "Go fuck yourself Trump." seems to be the prevailing public sentiment.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Especially with an election on the horizon. Any party campaigning on capitulation is going to be radioactive to most voters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

But politicians are just gonna campaign on fighting against Trump just to get votes, and then turn around and capitulate anyway.

[–] P00ptart 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, it was a really weak move by them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It made them seem weak, but also they still get to pay tariffs in a month

[–] Kaput 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mexico doesn't pay the tarrifs, Americans will pay the tarrif. It's just a fancy word for tax. Call it import tax, Trump import tax. Do you see it ? It's meant to make US made more attractive by making imports more expensive. It also make Trump a very unreliable partner. Flip flopping all over the place.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm an idiot, thanks for the clarification

[–] Kaput 7 points 2 weeks ago

An idiot would've argued back without verifying. So not an idiot.

[–] Lightor 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm a round about way it does hurt them though, I would assume. Which would make sense on why they don't want it. Just trying to play it out in my head I'd think, ok company X pays more for copper, so they need to charge more. Which means less will probably be purchased, so they in turn order less copper from Mexico due to reduced demand from price sensitivity. So I think it will hurt them eventually.

[–] Kaput 1 points 2 weeks ago

Of course it also hurt Mexico and Canada, it's the goal to slow down their economies.

[–] P00ptart 2 points 2 weeks ago

Suddenly America is flooded with fentanyl disguised as every random pill you can imagine. The fear of medicine becomes as deadly as the fentanyl.

[–] aseriesoftubes 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully Sheinbaum told Trump that she’d send the troops to the border ahorita.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The only source in this article is Trump saying this is what happened. Don't trust what Trump is saying directly. He's already previously mislead to make it seem like other countries caved when they really did almost nothing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sadly other news sources reported it. Dumb move from Mexico that will give the orange bully more power over them and others.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's missing what I'm saying

They're giving Trump's spin in reporting inadvertently or not

They're not providing context for how much of a change (or not) Mexico actually is making

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They are reporting Mexico sending 10k troops to border.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

And note it doesn't say additional troops nor note how many are already there

I'm not sure how many are currently there but they've previously had higher numbers. Like in 2019 they sent 15k

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/mexico-says-it-has-deployed-15000-forces-in-the-north-to-halt-us-bound-migrat-idUSKCN1TP2YD/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Is it really dumb? The tariffs hurt both sides. Things will be much more expensive for us, and because they are more expensive, less of Mexican things will be bought. When Mexico uses retaliatory tariffs, same thing happens, bit this time in reverse.

Everyone loses.

[–] FelixCress 6 points 2 weeks ago

I knew Mexico and Canada would blink first

What are you talking about? Mexican president always signalled that her country is ready to cooperate to fight cartels.

It is Trump who blinked - he delayed tarrifs he wanted to intruduce to appease his fascist voter base.