U.S. tariff threat backs Mexican president into corner, facing Trump
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to slap punitive tariffs on all Mexican trade if Mexico does not stop illegal immigration has punched a gaping hole in his Mexican counterpart’s hands-off approach to diplomacy, with potentially ruinous consequences.