The week of September 8-12, 2025, showcased Mexico’s complex economic position as the Sheinbaum administration unveiled a 10 trillion-peso budget for 2026 while defending controversial tariff increases that put her government squarely between competing pressures from China and the United States. Against a backdrop of high-stakes diplomacy and several violent tragedies, a new Mexican-made airplane…
After China criticized a proposed tariff hike on car imports from Asian countries that would have considerable impact on China, President Claudia Sheinbaum said her administration would seek to address the Asian giant’s concerns. However, the president pushed back on the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry’s accusation that the announced tariffs were “taken under coercion to…
The week of August 25-29, 2025, delivered significant developments across Mexico’s political, economic and social landscape. It started with a former Sinaloa Cartel leader pleading guilty in U.S. court and ended with a fist fight in Mexico’s Senate. In between, Mexico’s trade agreements and geopolitical allegiances were top of mind, but sometimes at odds. Good…
In keeping with a key objective of its Plan México economic initiative, the Mexican government intends to increase tariffs on Chinese imports, the Bloomberg news agency reported on Wednesday. Bloomberg said that the Mexican government “plans to increase tariffs on China as part of its 2026 budget proposal next month, protecting the nation’s businesses from…