Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sowetan and Business Day (South Africa)
Donald Trump threatens to double US tariffs on Mexican products if Mexico does not block a group of about 1,500 migrants heading towards the United States. The migrants left Tapachula on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to double tariffs imposed on Mexico if Mexico does not halt the movement towards the United States of more than 1,000 migrants, Reuters reported in an article published by Sowetan. Trump announced the measure in a social media post, saying that the migrants would not be allowed to enter the United States.
The group numbers about 1,500 people, mainly from Central America, according to Reuters. The migrants left Tapachula, southern Mexico, near the border with Guatemala, on Tuesday, with the aim of reaching the United States to live and work there, hoping that a Democratic victory in the US midterm elections would open up new opportunities.
