How Mexico Emerged From Tariff Broadside With an Edge Over Asia

Interview

April 8, 2025

Interviewers: Anthony Harrup & Santiago Pérez

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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Country was hit early in Trump’s trade war but now looks more attractive amid steep new levies on rivals such as China and Vietnam

Cars and trucks wait in line to cross both to Mexico and the U.S. on the Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Photo: Paul Ratje for WSJ

MEXICO CITY—President Trump’s first round of tariffs and trade threats threw Mexico onto the defensive. Now that Trump is aiming at the rest of the world, Mexico suddenly finds itself with an edge over rival manufacturing hubs.

Mexico was spared the high tariffs set to be imposed Wednesday on China and Vietnam, two countries that like the U.S.’s southern neighbor are big global exporters with low-cost labor...

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