After many dizzling, President Donald Trump’s administration has announced a date of 25 % of the customs deducted from Mexico and Canada to the United States. T-day is set on February 4, and retaliation measures from the neighbor will be valid.
Americans are currently supporting the price of imported goods. So far, US media tends to underestimate tariffs because it has focused on cute examples such as tequila, avocado, and beer. However, American families will inevitably be struck far beyond their alcohol and food.
In fact, imposing tariffs in areas where trade is very integrated is a disaster recipe. Let’s take up cases related to US-Mexico. Mexico is the largest commercial partner in the United States, and more than $ 1.2 million per minute passes over the shared border. However, Mexico’s economic significance is underestimated in every turn because the country is always depicted in Americans as a poor Narco poverty state. Certainly, this description requires playing cards to reveal the necessary emergency to cause these tariffs.
The US President did not make any more wrong when the United States did not need Mexico. He is very wrong, so conducting tariffs not only causes inflation, but also makes the Americans weaken the industry because the Americans pay more to products that the United States does not produce. Yes. Retalysis measures that the Mexico government have pursued will further worsen this for US consumers and various industries.
Even a part of a product that has a fairly superficial analysis of US media focusing on beer, indicates how destructive this irrational movement is. Mexico is a large -scale beer producer and exporter, but has purchased 75 % of the export of American barley to maintain this industry. Due to the low demand from the United States, the largest buyer, the turmoil of beer production in Mexico will inevitably collide with the American barley producer. The situation is similar to thousands of products that depend on the borders.
Trump supporters say, “I suck up it and drink Americans. It confuses the supply chain.” This is easier than saying, but all Americans, assuming that everything can be moved to the United States. Will still face the miserable situation.
Use the North American automotive industry. It is spreading throughout the region and is boosted by the US Trade Agreement (USMCA) with the United States, so as each country gradually adds value to automotive vehicles and trucks, vehicles can cross the United States and Mexico. Trump’s logic argues that tariffs will bring all the productions to the United States to the United States and forcing all their value for themselves.
That doesn’t happen, and this is the reason.
In this industry, high -skilled but low -wage work, which has been stubbornly difficult to automate, is often done in Mexico. U.S. and Canadian skilled workers do not accept wages that Mexicans take, and these workers add important parts along the production of vehicles. The final result is an affordable price, but a car that provides a sufficient salary work.
Thanks to this system, the United States is the fifth largest car exporter in the world, and Canada and Mexico are part of their top customers. This is a position that the country can maintain, thanks to the skillful Mexican workers are reducing the price. In China and other established automobile manufacturing countries that do not prohibit the import of all cars, even a huge amount of tariffs can easily cover American -made vehicles.
In addition, if the relocation to the United States has been enforced, considering Trump’s large amount of expulsion, the company has a minimum wage, as there is already an agricultural and construction industry if it is enforced with a tragic fate twist. Note that you will be encouraged to hire unwritten labor to skirt low -priced skirts. do.
Ultimately, Trump is right for one thing. Regarding North America trade, one is subsidized on the other side. But, as he said, it was not the United States that subsidized Mexico or Canada. It is Mexican workers who provide subsidies to the interests of the United States, their companies, and their consumers.
There is still a way to correct this.
Trump and US economic nationalists have accused the Mexican job of industrial work as “stealing”, while Mexico deals with the very realistic concerns of US workers about companies that suppress Mexico wages. We have been working to make the entire North American supply chain more robust. The Mexican government has been taking measures to double the minimum wage and take measures to strengthen the union while maintaining the competitiveness.
If American workers really want to protect their work without sinking in Trump’s dislike of foreigners, cooperation across the borders between the United States and Mexico will enhance the rights of workers on both sides of the border. is. The 2026 USMCA review is the best place for this conversation. However, if the trade contract cannot survive for so long, workers need to take their own initiative.
The views expressed in this article are the author himself, not necessarily reflecting Al Jazira’s editing stance.