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As tariffs loom, this is what Mexico is doing to placate Trump

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is mounting a full-court press to dissuade President Trump from implementing potentially devastating tariffs on Mexican exports to the U.S. This week , she delivered a symbolic gift: the transfer to the United States of 29 drug trafficking suspects.

Trump 's wide-ranging tariff blueprint has triggered global uncertainty.

The tariffs would likely trigger retaliatory duties from both nations and could send Mexico ’s already shaky economy into a recession.

On Thursday , in his post saying the tariffs would proceed, Trump cited the “very high and unacceptable” levels of drugs “pouring into our country” from Mexico and Canada .

U.S. officials blame fentanyl, primarily smuggled from Mexico , for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in recent years .

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