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Mexico threatened to impose new tariffs on American products in response to a move by Congress to block Mexican truckers at the border.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Mexico threatened to impose new tariffs on American products in response to a move by Congress to block Mexican truckers at the border. Obama is scrambling to find a solution that satisfies everyone, but trying to have it both ways on trade is what got him into this mess. Although the president says he understands the value of free trade, his U.S. trade representative, Ron Kirk, sounds more skeptical. For starters, Kirk says that the pending U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement "simply isn't acceptable." Never mind that the deal would add an estimated $10 billion to $12 ...

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