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The tariffs will not impact us as much, as we can always cross to Mexico to buy goods such as tortillas, cheese, or snacks,
Mayor Jose Grijalva, an independent, told Newsweek
We passed an Emergency Declaration anticipating a negative media impact on the executive orders,
Grijalva saidImmigration is a federal issue and we'll let the president handle that as we strengthen our relationship with our sister city Agua Prieta and other Mexican cities as we anticipate a new commercial port of entry and a growing demand for trade that'll grow our local economy."
Mayor Grijalva told NewsweekThe tariffs will be matched by most targeted countries. Tariffs have never worked. They're prosperity killers."
Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of finance at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business, told NewsweekIn addition, the new tariffs will raises prices on goods that Arizonan's use on a daily basis. We urge the administration to prioritize constructive dialogue with trading partners to protect our local businesses and ensure long-term economic stability,
the statement readsThe instruction of President Claudia Sheinbaum was to work closely and cool-headed with the United States government looking for a fair and preferential treatment,
Gutierrez said
Obviously, we would like that these tariffs were reduced,
Gutierrez saidWe shouldn't be subject to these tariffs simply because the USMCA agreement provides otherwise,
Juan Francisco Torres-Landa, a partner at consulting firm Hogan Lovells in Mexico City, told AFP
It would simply be more profitable or less expensive to export these goods from Mexico than from countries with higher tariffs,
BBVA said
I think difficult times are coming,
trucker Omar Zepeda told AFP in the border city of Tijuana this weekA car must have about 10,000 parts; tracking them to see what you pay (tariffs) for and what you don't pay for is a very complex equation,
he saidPresident Sheinbaum’s strategy has worked. We [Mexico] have preferential treatment, ... This is a major achievement.”
Ebrard said, ... adding,
This has to do with the good relationship we have built between the Mexican and U.S. government, which is based on respect,
Sheinbaum said at a news conference ThursdayThank you to President Sheinbaum for your hard work and cooperation!”
Trump said in a Truth Social post, addingIt raises the question about what is the worth of his signature on any agreement that we come to,
said Perrin Beatty, a former Canadian foreign minister and the former president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
We went from being one of the most economically closed countries in the world to being one of the most open — and among the top 10 exporting countries,
said Kenneth Ramos Smith, a former Mexican commerce official who helped negotiate the USMCAWe might not even have a U.S. auto industry if there hadn’t been North American production,
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This was really a seismic change in Canada, but within 10 years, all the provinces … had come to see that international trade, particularly with the United States, was all in their interest,
said Colin Robertson, a former Canadian diplomat in the United States who worked on the 1988 dealIn practice, it’s being eroded, day in and day out,
said Luis Rubio, president of the México Evalúa think tankWhen you were in Mexico in the early 1990s, you could only get about three kinds of cereal, right
recalled Shannon O’Neil, a Latin America scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations