Americas

Latin Americans speak up about the new levies assigned to Mexico’s U.S. bound exports and the possibility of more to come.

The activist and campaigner has languished inside the notorious El Helicoide prison in the Venezuelan capital since December 2024.

Canadian finance minister also said his government would prefer to hash out all details on trade in one broad negotiation instead of sector by sector.

President Claudia Sheinbaum blamed Chinese imports for the collapse of Mexico’s textile and shoe industries.

In addition to Mexico and Canada, Trump increased China tariffs to 20 percent over its role in the fentanyl crisis.

The timing aligns with Washington’s growing scrutiny of Chinese-controlled infrastructure along global trade routes.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that Mexico hadn’t done enough to show that the gunmakers took affirmative action to abet wrongdoing.

Tariffs have gone into effect on Mexican and Canadian goods to the United States, as well as goods from China.

Trump cited the American lives lost to the ‘vast amount of fentanyl’ that has flowed into the United States as justification for the latest tariffs.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick said tariffs on Canada and Mexico could be lower than 25 percent.

Canada also said it’s open to the idea after Bessent said it could help build a ‘Fortress North America’ from the flood of Chinese imports.

With this latest force movement, approximately 9,000 U.S. troops will be stationed along the U.S.–Mexico border, according to the U.S. Northern Command.

Among extradited cartel members is Rafael Caro Quintero wanted for the 1985 killing of a DEA agent. Extraditions come as U.S. tariffs on Mexican imports loom.

Trump announced he won’t renew a November 2022 deal in which the Biden administration had allowed Chevron to work with Venezuela’s oil industry.