President Trump has paused tariffs on Mexico and Canada, claiming victory in addressing illegal immigration and drug trafficking. He secured pledges from both countries to bolster border security and combat fentanyl. However, critics argue that the measures are largely symbolic and already in place, questioning the effectiveness of Trump's tariff threats.
Josh Boak, María Verza And Rob Gillies, The Associated PressMexican National Guards prepare to board an aircraft at the International Airport in Merida, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, to travel north to reinforce the country's border with the United States.
But many of those outside the White House looking at the tariffs drama say little was accomplished, arguing that the measures taken by the two U.S. neighbors were already in place or likely could have been achieved without Trump's ultimatums. Even the financial markets seemed to shrug off the showdown with a modest sell-off on Monday.Weeks ago, Canada offered $1.
The Associated Press observed more than 100 members of the National Guard boarding a plane Tuesday morning in the southeastern city of Merida, bound for Ciudad Juarez. Additional units were scheduled to depart Cancun and Campeche, while still others were expected to move north by road. “A win is anything Trump wants it to be,” she said. “There isn’t any grand strategy or rational explanation for what he’s doing. It’s chaos for the sake of chaos.”
In 2019, then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reached a similar deal with Trump to head off another tariff threat. At that time, López Obrador pledged 15,000 members of the newly created National Guard to help stem the flow of migrants at the northern border and another 6,500 at Mexico’s southern border.
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