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Mexican tariff threat hurts diplomacy, lets Dems off hook

June 3, 2019 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

Trade correspondent L.C. reports: In one of his biggest trade surprises, President Trump announced on May 30th that he was invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to impose tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico. The tariffs will increase in monthly 5% steps until Mexico takes unspecified further actions to stem the […]

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