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Tariffs on Mexico strike at the heart of small businesses in Texas

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65% Informative

Small, independent businesses make up 70% of the restaurants in Texas .

Texas Restaurant Association represents 58,000 restaurants that employ 1.5 million Texans .

The 25% tariffs on Mexican imports that just went into effect are affecting 11% of state's workforce.

Restaurant CEO: "Exhausted and afraid: Those are the words I keep hearing from people".

There are indicators that the tariff policies that went into effect Tuesday may not affect small businesses as extremely as some are predicting, or their customers, for too long.

President Donald Trump 's administration could announce a pathway for tariff relief on Mexican and Canadian goods covered by the North America Free Trade Agreement as soon as Wednesday .

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69

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English

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