Trump deals with Mexico and Canada put trade war on hold and notch win in ‘drug war’
President Donald Trump avoided a trade war, for now, with Canada and Mexico after the two U.S. allies offered plans Monday to reduce illegal immigration and drug trafficking into the United States. Mere hours before the president’s new 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada were to go into effect both Mexican President
Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win the Unwinnable War on Drugs
"I'm gonna create borders," Donald Trump promised during his 2016 campaign. "No drugs are coming in. We're gonna build a wall. You know what I'm talking about. You have confidence in me. Believe me, I will solve the problem.
Mexico will send 10,000 troops to U.S. border to avoid trade war
Trump said that he spoke to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on Monday morning and that the pair of them had reached an agreement which would see his unilaterally installed 25% tariff
Trump backs off tariff threat with Canada and Mexico
Tariffs will be paused for 30 days. But a 10 percent levy on Chinese goods is still scheduled to go into effect.
Here Is How Trump Can Falsely Claim His Tariff Threats Helped Win the Drug War
It seems President Donald Trump's plan to fight drugs with punitive tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, which never made much sense, was little more
Some tariff concessions from Canada and Mexico touted by Trump lack substance, experts say
President Donald Trump and his supporters have heralded his use of tariff threats to extract concessions on drug trafficking and border security from Canada and Mexico.
Trump brings the US back from the brink of trade war with Canada and Mexico
After Trump took Mexico and Canada to the brink of trade wars, both nations have managed to defuse his tariff bombs. (At least, for now . . . ) Trump halted sweeping tariffs on the US’s two biggest trading partners after separate bilateral phone calls with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Trump got what he wanted with the Canada and Mexico tariff pauses — even if he didn't get that much
Trump slapped 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports to pressure them to crack down on illegal immigration and fentanyl. They caved.
Trump’s new DEA chief vows in first interview to build multinational ‘army of good to fight evil’ to finish Mexican cartels
We can’t just continue to arrest them in America, create indictments, do extraditions, because that’s not good enough,” said ...
Trump's new DEA chief Derek Maltz a longtime proponent of declaring war on drug cartels
Derek Maltz, a veteran of the Drug Enforcement Administration, is expected to help lead Trump's effort to fight fentanyl ...
Mexican troops deployed to border as part of deal to pause US tariffs
Hundreds of Mexican soldiers were mobilized on Tuesday to the border with the United States as part of an agreement that ...
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80,000 American lives a year: The case for a congressional war on cartels
The crises spread beyond Mexico. The fentanyl trafficked into our country by the Mexican drug cartels and their Chinese partners kills around 80,000 Americans per year. That’s the equivalent of ...
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Battle at the Border: Drug Cartels Use Kamikaze Drones to Target U.S. Border Patrol
Mexican drug cartels are ramping up their assault on U.S. Border Patrol agents by employing kamikaze drones and explosives.
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Trump is labeling drug cartels as terrorist groups. That’s a terrible idea.
The executive order fuses the “war on drugs ... when he talks to Mexican presidents.” And ultimately the designation marks a public paradigm shift: framing foreign drug cartels as a ...
Gun battles disrupt flights in Mexican border city, trigger U.S. consulate warning
The violence in Nuevo Laredo, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader known as "El Ricky." ...
Mexican Peso tumbles brushes aside broad US Dollar weakness across the board
The Mexican Peso (MXN) dropped for the second straight day versus the US Dollar (USD) as trade war fears began to fade. Upbeat United States (US) jobs data pressured the Mexican currency, which has ...