Chinese tariffs and now Mexican tariffs — could take them two steps back
Mexican tariffs
Estimates from the Tax Foundation, said
that while the Trump administration’s 2017 tax cuts created about 380,000
full-time equivalent jobs, adding tariffs on Mexican products to the existing
tariffs on Chinese goods could eliminate almost 610,000 full-time equivalent
jobs from the U.S. workforce.
By itself, a 5% tariff on Mexican goods
could drain off approximately 39,000 full time equivalent jobs, the Tax
Foundation said in an analysis on the heels of the Mexican tariff news.
Trump announced plans escalating tariffs
against Mexico if the country cannot stop illegal immigration. It’s the latest
front in Trump’s trade disputes. The administration has already imposed a 25%
tariff on $200 billion in Chinese imports.
China is coming back with retaliatory
tariffs on $60 billion of American imports. Researchers and business groups say
companies and consumers are the real victims.
America imported $346.5 billion in products
from Mexico last year, according to the U.S. Trade Representative. About 90% of
avocados in America come from Mexico.
(source:
marketwatch)
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