Mexico may be the US’s top trading partner but that has not shielded it from Trump’s tariff threat.
The Mexican government has long been Trump’s whipping boy when it comes to the flow of undocumented migrants and in his post the US president-elect stressed that the tariff would remain in effect “until such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country”.
The head of Mexico’s Senate quickly hit back, asking on X, external what tariffs Mexico should impose on the US to get it to stop consuming drugs and illegally exporting weapons to its southern neighbour.
And while President Claudia Sheinbaum has yet to respond to the tariff threat, her finance minister has in the past warned that any taxes imposed on Mexican goods could trigger retaliatory tariffs.
“If you put a 25% tariff on me, I’ll have to react with tariffs and I’m your main importer,” the Mexican minister previously warned.