Mexico’s President Opts for Caution in Face of Trump Tariffs

  • As promised, 25% levies went into effect early Tuesday
  • Claudia Sheinbaum has decided to wait before retaliating

Claudia Sheinbaum

Photographer: Mayolo Lopez Gutierrez/Bloomberg
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In the minutes after Donald Trump officially launched a global trade war, two of his biggest targets — Canada and China — were ready with retaliatory tariffs of their own. The US’s No. 1 trade partner is taking a markedly different approach.