Perhaps tariffs don’t work as an economic policy. They do have an effect in terms of foreign policy, however, and Donald Trump has succeeded in generating resets with both of our neighbors ahead to taking office. Canada’s Justin Trudeau has already signaled a willingness to renegotiate security concerns, and Mexico’s president followed suit yesterday.
The amount of negotiation may be under dispute, but not the direction in which talks have already gone. Trump claimed that Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has agreed to “effectively close[e] our Southern Border” in a Truth Social post, but Mexico’s president tried to clarify it afterward:
“Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing…
